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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 9 · The Most Confidential Knowledge
9.279.29

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.28

Loving offerings, service and remembrance

श‍ुभाश‍ुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनै: ।

सन्न्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥ २८ ॥

śubhāśubha-phalair evaṁ

mokṣyase karma-bandhanaiḥ

sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā

vimukto mām upaiṣyasi

Translation

In this way you will be freed from bondage to work and its auspicious and inauspicious results. With your mind fixed on Me in this principle of renunciation, you will be liberated and come to Me.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

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

Work as Service to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1With your mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa, you become free from work’s bondage and its good and bad results, and return to Him.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that true renunciation means acting and giving the results to Kṛṣṇa. Liberation means joining the Lord in His abode, not merging into His light.
  3. 3Perform your work as service to Kṛṣṇa, offering Him the results and thinking about how to serve Him.

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In the story

Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: loving offerings, service and remembrance.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.

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What does BG 9.28 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

Practice

Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

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BG 9.26A small offering filled with loveBG 9.27Loving offerings, service and remembranceBG 3.30Offer every action to KrishnaBG 6.47The highest yogi is devoted

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