BG NECTAR

न हि कश्चित् क्षणम अपि जातु तिष्ठति अकर्मकृत | 

कार्यते हि अवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैः  गुणैः ॥

TRANSLATION

Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.

प्राकृतिक गुणांपासून प्राप्त केलेल्या गुणांनुसार मनुष्याला असहायपणे कर्म करण्यास भाग पाडले जाते, म्हणून कोणालाही एक क्षणभर सुद्धा काही कर्म करण्यापासून परावृत्त होता येत नाही.

PURPORT

It is not a question of embodied life, but it is the nature of the soul to be always active. Without the presence of the spirit soul, the material body cannot move. The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. As such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Kåñëa consciousness; otherwise it will be engaged in occupations dictated by illusory energy. In contact with material energy, the spirit soul acquires material modes, and to purify the soul from such affinities it is necessary to engage in the prescribed duties enjoined in the çästras. But if the soul is engaged in his natural function of Kåñëa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. The Çrémad-Bhägavatam (1.5.17) affirms this:

tyaktvä sva-dharmaà caraëämbujaà harer

bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi

yatra kva väbhadram abhüd amuñya kià

ko värtha äpto 'bhajatäà sva-dharmataù

"If someone takes to Kåñëa consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties in the çästras or execute the devotional service properly, and even though he may fall down from the standard, there is no loss or evil for him. But if he carries out all the injunctions for purification in the çästras, what does it avail him if he is not Kåñëa conscious?" So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Kåñëa consciousness. Therefore, sannyäsa, or any purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Kåñëa conscious, without which everything is considered a failure.  [As-They-Surrender-Unto-Me ] [VTE]

---B. G. 3.5

(TRANSLATION & PURPORT BY SRILA PRABHUPADA)

Join the Ultimate self realization course at: www.backtohome.com

Chant.... HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAM HARE RAM RAM RAM HARE HARE ....and be happy.