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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 9 · The Most Confidential Knowledge
9.329.34

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.33

Loving offerings, service and remembrance

किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणा: पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा ।

अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥ ३३ ॥

kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā

bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā

anityam asukhaṁ lokam

imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām

Translation

How much more this is so of the righteous brāhmaṇas, the devotees and the saintly kings. Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable world, engage in loving service unto 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.

Loving Service to the Lord

  1. 1The Lord says to serve Him with love, having come to this temporary, miserable world.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that this world is temporary, not false. The other world is eternal and blissful.
  3. 3Take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Devotional service to the Supreme Lord is the only way to solve everyone’s problems.

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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 9.33 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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