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Chapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness · 29 verses

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Liberation & destinyChapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
5.245.26

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 5.25

Liberation through spiritual discipline

लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषय: क्षीणकल्मषा: ।

छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मान: सर्वभूतहिते रता: ॥ २५ ॥

labhante brahma-nirvāṇam

ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ

chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ

sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ

Translation

Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

The Highest Welfare Work

  1. 1Those beyond the opposites arising from doubt, focused within, free from sin, and working for all beings’ welfare attain liberation in the Supreme.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that only someone fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can do the highest welfare work: restoring people’s awareness of their relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
  3. 3Remember Kṛṣṇa as the supreme enjoyer, owner, and friend, and help others remember Him.

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Chapter 5, Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: liberation through spiritual discipline.

What it teaches

Theme summary

The soul's true destination is eternal.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: mokṣa, dhāma.

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