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[Ch. 2]
TEXT 51
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः । 
    जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥५१॥
karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam
karma-jam —because of fruitive activities;  buddhi-yuktāḥ —being done in devotional service;  hi —certainly;  phalam —results;  tyaktvā —giving up;  manīṣiṇaḥ —devotees who are great sages;  janma-bandha —the bondage of birth and death;  vinirmuktāḥ —liberated souls;  padam —position;  gacchanti —reach;  anāmayam —without miseries.
TRANSLATION
The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord, and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that state beyond all miseries.
PURPORT
The liberated living entities seek that place where there are no material miseries. The  Bhāgavatam  says:
samāśritā ye padapallava-plavaṁ mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ bhāvambudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām (Bhāg. 10.14.58)
“For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Mukunda or the giver of  mukti , the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoofprint.  Param padam , or the place where there are no material miseries, or Vaikunṭha, is his goal, not the place where there is danger in every step of life.”
Owing to ignorance, one does not know that this material world is a miserable place where there are dangers at every step. Out of ignorance only, less intelligent persons try to adjust to the situation by fruitive