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Bhagavad-pija  As It is
[Ch. 5]
suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ iñātvā māṁ śāntim rcchati
bhoktāram —beneficiary;  yajña —sacrifices;  tapasām —of penances and austerities;  sarva-loka —all planets and the demigods thereof;  maheśvaram —the Supreme Lord;  suhṛdam —benefactor;  sarva —all;  bhūtānām —of the living entities;  jñātvā —thus knowing;  mām —Me (Lord Kṛṣṇa);  śāntim —relief from material pangs;  rcchati —achieves.
TRANSLATION
The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.
PURPORT
The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the  Bhagavad-gītā . The greatest peace formula is simply this: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the beneficiary in all human activities. Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is the proprietor of all planets and the demigods thereon. No one is greater than He. He is greater than the greatest of the demigods, Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. In the  Vedas  the Supreme Lord is described as  tam īśvarāṇām paramam maheśvaram . Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated by the material energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of material nature, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of material nature. Unless one understands these bare facts, it is not possible to achieve peace in the world either individually or collectively. This is the sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the supreme predominator, and all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can attain perfect peace only in complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, generally known as  karma-yoga . The question of mental speculation as to how  karma-yoga  can give liberation is answered herewith. To work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to work with the complete knowledge of the Lord