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Soul & knowledgeChapter 4 · Transcendental Knowledge
4.404.42

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 4.41

Spiritual master, knowledge and removal of doubt

योगसन्न्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।

आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्न‍‍न्ति धनञ्जय ॥ ४१ ॥

yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ

jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam

ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi

nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya

Translation

One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self. Thus he is not bound by the reactions of work, O conqueror of riches.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Freedom Through Devotional Service

  1. 1One who serves devotionally, gives up the fruits of work, and has doubts removed by spiritual knowledge is free from work’s reactions.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that one in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows oneself as part of the Lord and is beyond bondage to action.
  3. 3Follow Bhagavad-gītā as the Lord teaches it, and serve without seeking the fruits of your work.

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Chapter 4, Transcendental Knowledge: spiritual master, knowledge and removal of doubt.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Discern the eternal self from the temporary.

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Key ideas: ātmā, jñāna.

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BG 4.34The humility of real inquiryBG 4.35Spiritual master, knowledge and removal of doubtBG 2.13The self endures bodily changeBG 15.7The living being belongs to Krishna

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