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Карма-воҿа
188
TRANSLATION
A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.
PURPORTE
A self-realized man is no longer obliged to perform any prescribed duty, save and except activities in Krṣṇa consciousness. Krṣṇa consciousness is not inactivity either, as will be explained in the following verses. A Krṣṇa conscious man does not take shelter of any person—man or demigod. Whatever he does in Krṣṇa consciousness is sufficient in the discharge of his obligation.
TEXT 19
तसादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर । असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमामोति पूरुषः ॥१९॥
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ
tasmāt —therefore;  asaktaḥ —without attachment;  satatam —constantly;  kāryam —as duty;  karma —work;  samācara —perform;  asaktaḥ —nonattachment;  hi —certainly;  ācaran —performing;  karma —work;  param —the Supreme;  āpnoti —achieves;  pūruṣaḥ —a man.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty; for by working without attachment, one attains the Supreme.
PURPORT
The Supreme is the Personality of Godhead for the devotees, and liberation for the impersonalist. A person, therefore, acting for Krṣṇa, or in