TEXT 31

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Text

kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā
śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati
kaunteya pratijānīhi
na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati

Synonyms

kṣipram — meget snart; bhavati — han bliver; dharma-ātmā — retskaffen; śaśvat-śāntim — varig fred; nigacchati — opnår; kaunteya — O Kuntīs søn; pratijānīhi — bekendtgør; na — aldrig; me — Min; bhaktaḥ — hengivne; praṇaśyati — forgår.

kṣipram — very soon; bhavati — becomes; dharma-ātmā — righteous; śaśvat-śāntim — lasting peace; nigacchati — attains; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; pratijānīhi — declare; na — never; me — My; bhaktaḥ — devotee; praṇaśyati — perishes.

Translation

Han bliver hurtigt retskaffen og opnår varig fred. O Kuntīs søn, bekendtgør det frimodigt, at Min hengivne aldrig forgår.

He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

Purport

FORKLARING: Dette må ikke misforstås. I kapitel 7 udtalte Herren, at den, der er involveret i skadelige eller ondsindede handlinger, ikke kan være Herrens hengivne. Den, der ikke er Herrens hengivne, kan i det hele taget ingen gode egenskaber have. Spørgsmålet er så, hvordan en person, der er engageret i noget forkasteligt, uanset om det er med vilje eller ved et uheld, kan være en ren hengiven. Dette spørgsmål kan med rette stilles. Som beskrevet i kapitel 7, vers 15, har de slyngler, der aldrig kommer til Herrens hengivne tjeneste, ingen gode kvaliteter, sådan som det også står i Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.18.12). Normalt er en hengiven, der er engageret i de ni former for hengivne aktiviteter, i færd med at få renset enhver materiel forurening væk fra sit hjerte. Han placerer Guddommens Højeste Personlighed i sit hjerte, og alle syndige besmittelser vaskes naturligt væk. At han uafbrudt tænker på den Højeste Herre, gør ham af natur ren. Ifølge Vedaerne er der en fast regel om, at hvis man skulle falde ned fra sin ophøjede position, skal man underkaste sig bestemte ritualistiske procedurer for at rense sig selv. Men her stilles der ingen sådanne krav, for selve renselsesprocessen er der allerede i den hengivnes hjerte, fordi han konstant husker på Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. Derfor bør man uden ophør fortsætte med at synge Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Det vil beskytte en hengiven mod alle tilfældige syndefald. På den måde vil han for altid være fri for enhver materiel besmittelse.

This should not be misunderstood. In the Seventh Chapter the Lord says that one who is engaged in mischievous activities cannot become a devotee of the Lord. One who is not a devotee of the Lord has no good qualifications whatsoever. The question remains, then, How can a person engaged in abominable activities – either by accident or by intention – be a pure devotee? This question may justly be raised. The miscreants, as stated in the Seventh Chapter, who never come to the devotional service of the Lord, have no good qualifications, as is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Generally, a devotee who is engaged in the nine kinds of devotional activities is engaged in the process of cleansing all material contamination from the heart. He puts the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, and all sinful contaminations are naturally washed away. Continuous thinking of the Supreme Lord makes him pure by nature. According to the Vedas, there is a certain regulation that if one falls down from his exalted position he has to undergo certain ritualistic processes to purify himself. But here there is no such condition, because the purifying process is already there in the heart of the devotee, due to his remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead constantly. Therefore, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare should be continued without stoppage. This will protect a devotee from all accidental falldowns. He will thus remain perpetually free from all material contaminations.