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Liberation & destinyChapter 6 · Dhyāna-yoga
6.396.41

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 6.40

Spiritual effort is not lost

श्रीभगवानुवाच

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।

न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥ ४० ॥

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

pārtha naiveha nāmutra

vināśas tasya vidyate

na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid

durgatiṁ tāta gacchati

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Son of Pṛthā, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.

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Spiritual Effort Is Never Lost

  1. 1The Lord says that one engaged in auspicious spiritual activities is never destroyed in this world or the spiritual world, nor overcome by evil.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that even unfinished Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not lost; one continues this spiritual practice in a future life.
  3. 3Keep trying your best to progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without fearing that your effort will be lost.

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Chapter 6, Dhyāna-yoga: spiritual effort is not lost.

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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