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Transcendental Knowledge.
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PURPORTE
If one is serious about liberation from material bondage, one has to understand the distinctions between action, inaction and unauthorized actions. One has to apply oneself to such an analysis of action, reaction and perverted actions because it is a very difficult subject matter. To understand Krṣṇa consciousness and action according to the modes, one has to learn one's relationship with the Supreme; i.e., one who has learned perfectly knows that every living entity is the eternal servitor of the Lord and that consequently one has to act in Krṣṇa consciousness. The entire  Bhagavad-gītā  is directed toward this conclusion. Any other conclusions, against this consciousness and its attendant reactions, are  vikarmas , or prohibitive actions. To understand all this one has to associate with authorities in Krṣṇa consciousness and learn the secret from them; this is as good as learning from the Lord directly. Otherwise, even the most intelligent person will be bewildered.
TEXT 18
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः । स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥१८॥
karmany akarma yah paśyed akarmani ca karma yah sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt
karmani —in action;  akarma —inaction;  yaḥ —one who;  paśyet —observes;  akarmani —in inaction;  ca —also;  karma —fruitive action;  yaḥ —one who;  saḥ —he;  buddhimān —is intelligent;  manuṣyeṣu —in human society;  saḥ —he;  yuktaḥ —is in the transcendental position;  kṛtsna-karma-kṛt —although engaged in all activities.
TRANSLATION
One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and he is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities.