1508 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 30
yajnarthat karmano ’nyatra
loko ’yari karma-bandhanah
tad-artham karma kaunteya
mukta-saiigah samdacara
One who tries to enjoy the results of his activities becomes bound by
the results. One who offers the results or profits to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, however, does not become entangled in the
results. This is the secret of success. Generally people take sannydsa to
become free from the reactions of fruitive activity. One who does not re-
ceive the results of his actions but offers them instead to the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead certainly remains in a liberated condition. In Bhakti-
rasamyta-sindhu, Srila Ripa Gosvami confirms this:
iha yasya harer dasye
karmand manaséd gira
nikhilasv apy avasthasu
jivan-muktah sa ucyate
If one engages himself in the service of the Lord through his life, wealth,
words, intelligence, and everything he possesses, he will always be liberated
in any condition. Such a person is called a jivan-mukta, one who is liberated
during this lifetime. Devoid of Krsna consciousness, those who engage in
material activities simply become more entangled in material bondage.
They have to suffer and enjoy the actions and reactions of all activity.
This Krsna consciousness movement is therefore the greatest boon to
humanity because it keeps one always engaged in Krsna’s service. The
devotees think of Krsna, act for Krsna, eat for Krsna, sleep for Krsna and
work for Krsna. Thus everything is engaged in the service of Krsna. A total
life in Krsna consciousness saves one from material contamination. As stated
by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatt Gosvami Maharaja, krsna bhajane yaha haya
anukiila, visaya baliya tyage taha haya bhiila. If one is so expert that he can
engage everything or dovetail everything in the service of the Lord, to give
up the material world would be a great blunder. One should learn how to
dovetail everything in the service of the Lord, for everything is connected
to Krsna. That is the real purpose of life and secret of success. As reiterated
later in the Third Chapter of Bhagavad-gita:
tasmad asaktah satatam
karyam karma samacara
