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Bhagavad-gītā  As It Is
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own accord. He neither begs nor borrows, but he labors honestly as far as is in his power, and is satisfied with whatever is obtained by his own honest labor. He is therefore independent in his livelihood. He does not allow anyone's service to hamper his own service in Krṣṇa consciousness. However, for the service of the Lord he can participate in any kind of action without being disturbed by the duality of the material world. The duality of the material world is felt in terms of heat and cold, or misery and happiness. A Krṣṇa conscious person is above duality because he does not hesitate to act in any way for the satisfaction of Krṣṇa. Therefore he is steady both in success and in failure. These signs are visible when one is fully in transcendental knowledge.
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गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः । यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥२३॥
gata-sangasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate
gata-saṅgasya —unattached to the modes of material nature;  muktasya —of the liberated;  jñāna-avasthita —situated in transcendence;  cetasaḥ —of such wisdom;  yajñāya —for the sake of Yajña (Kṛṣṇa);  ācarataḥ —so acting;  karma —work;  samagram —in total;  pravilīyate —merges entirely.
TRANSLATION
The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.
PURPORT
Becoming fully Krṣṇa conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Krṣṇa; and thus his mind cannot be drawn from Krṣṇa consciousness.