Anasrita Karma Phal Sei Mukhya Hay

The Blessed Lord said: One
who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is
in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no
fire and performs no work.

What is called
renunciation is the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, for no
one can become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.

For one who is a
neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for
one who has already attained to yoga, cessation of all material activities is
said to be the means.

A person is said to be
have attained to yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither
acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.

A man must elevate
himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the
conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.

For him who has
conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed
to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.

For one who has
conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquility.
To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all
the same.

A person is said to be
established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he is
fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person
is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything--whether
it be pebbles, stones or gold--as the same.

A person is said to be
still further advanced when he regards all--the honest well-wisher, friends and
enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and
impartial--with an equal mind.

A transcendentalist
should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; he should live
alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He
should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness.

To practice yoga, one
should go to a secluded place and should lay kusa-grass on the ground and then
cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should neither be too high
nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The yogi should then sit
on it very firmly and should practice yoga by controlling the mind and the
senses, purifying the heart and fixing the mind on one point.

One should hold one's
body, neck and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of
the nose. Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely
free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me
the ultimate goal of life.

Thus practicing control
of the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist attains to the
kingdom of God [or the abode of Krsna] by cessation of material existence.

There is no possibility
of one's becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much, or eats too little, sleeps
too much or does not sleep enough.

He who is temperate in
his habits of eating, sleeping, working and recreation can mitigate all
material pains by practicing the yoga system.

When the yogi, by
practice of yoga, disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in
Transcendence--devoid of all material desires--he is said to have attained yoga.

As a lamp in a windless
place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains
always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self.

The stage of perfection
is called trance, or samadhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from
material mental activities by practice of yoga. This is characterized by one's
ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self.
In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and
enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never
departs from the truth and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain.
Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of
greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising
from material contact.

One should engage
oneself in the practice of yoga with undeviating determination and faith. One
should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of false ego and
thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind.

Gradually, step by step,
with full conviction, one should become situated in trance by means of
intelligence, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should
think of nothing else.

From whatever and
wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must
certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.

The yogi whose mind is
fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By virtue of his identity
with Brahman, he is liberated; his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and
he is freed from sin.

Steady in the Self, being
freed from all material contamination, the yogi achieves the highest
perfectional stage of happiness in touch with the Supreme Consciousness.

A true yogi observes Me
in all beings, and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized man
sees Me everywhere.

For one who sees Me
everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to
Me.

The yogi who knows that
I and the Supersoul within all creatures are one worships Me and remains always
in Me in all circumstances.

He is a perfect yogi
who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, both
in their happiness and distress, O Arjuna!

Arjuna said: O
Madhusudana, the system of yoga which You have summarized appears impractical
and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady.

For the mind is
restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it is, it
seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind.

The Blessed Lord said: O
mighty-armed son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the
restless mind, but it is possible by constant practice and by detachment.

For one whose mind is
unbridled, self-realization is difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled
and who strives by right means is assured of success. That is My opinion.

Arjuna said: What is
the destination of the man of faith who does not persevere, who in the
beginning takes to the process of self-realization but who later desists due to
worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?

O mighty-armed Krsna, does
not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence, perish like a
riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?

This is my doubt, O
Krsna, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for Yourself, no one is to be
found who can destroy this doubt.

The Blessed Lord said: Son
of Prtha, 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.

The unsuccessful yogi, after
many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is
born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.

Or he takes his birth
in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such
a birth is rare in this world.

On taking such a birth,
he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries to
make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.

By virtue of the divine
consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the
yogic principles--even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive
transcendentalist, striving for yoga, stands always above the ritualistic
principles of the scriptures.

But when the yogi
engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed
of all contaminations, then ultimately, after many, many births of practice, he
attains the supreme goal.

A yogi is greater than
the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore,
O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.

And of all yogis, he
who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental
loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of
all.

Thus Bhaktivedanta
sings the song of Sri Gita, with the hope that hearing this, Krsna conscious pure
devotees will be pleased.