TEXT 71

Devanagari

श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श‍ृणुयादपि यो नर: ।
सोऽपि मुक्त: शुभाँल्ल‍ोकान्प्राप्‍नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥ ७१ ॥

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Tekst

śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca
śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ
so ’pi muktaḥ śubhāḻ lokān
prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām

Synonyms

śraddhā-vān — faithful; anasūyaḥ — not envious; ca — and; śṛṇuyāt — does hear; api — certainly; yaḥ — who; naraḥ — a man; saḥ — he; api — also; muktaḥ — being liberated; śubhān — the auspicious; lokān — planets; prāpnuyāt — he attains; puṇya-karmaṇām — of the pious.

śraddhā-vān — der besidder tro; anasūyaḥ — der ikke er misundelig; ca — og; śṛṇuyāt — måtte høre; api — blot; yaḥ — som; naraḥ — et menneske; saḥ — han; api — også; muktaḥ — befriet; śubhān — de lykkevarslende; lokān — planeter; prāpnuyāt — han opnår; puṇya-karmaṇām — de frommes.

Translation

And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the auspicious planets where the pious dwell.

Og den, der lytter med tro og uden misundelse, bliver fri for syndige reaktioner og kommer til de gode planeter, hvor de fromme dvæler.

Purport

In the sixty-seventh verse of this chapter, the Lord explicitly forbade the Gītā’s being spoken to those who are envious of the Lord. In other words, Bhagavad-gītā is for the devotees only. But it so happens that sometimes a devotee of the Lord will hold open class, and in that class not all the students are expected to be devotees. Why do such persons hold open class? It is explained here that although not everyone is a devotee, still there are many men who are not envious of Kṛṣṇa. They have faith in Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If such persons hear from a bona fide devotee about the Lord, the result is that they become at once free from all sinful reactions and after that attain to the planetary system where all righteous persons are situated. Therefore simply by hearing Bhagavad-gītā, even a person who does not try to be a pure devotee attains the result of righteous activities. Thus a pure devotee of the Lord gives everyone a chance to become free from all sinful reactions and to become a devotee of the Lord.

FORKLARING: I vers 67 her i dette kapitel forbyder Herren udtrykkeligt, at Bhagavad-gītā bliver talt til dem, der er misundelige på Ham. Bhagavad-gītā er med andre ord kun for de hengivne. Men det hænder, at Herrens hengivne holder offentlige foredrag, hvor det ikke kan forventes, at alle tilhørerne er hengivne. Hvorfor afholder sådanne hengivne åbne foredrag? Her bliver det forklaret, at selv om ikke alle er hengivne, er der mange mennesker, der ikke er misundelige på Kṛṣṇa. De har tro på Ham som Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. Hvis sådanne mennesker hører fra en ægte hengiven om Herren, medfører det, at de øjeblikkeligt bliver fri for alle syndige reaktioner og derefter kommer til det planetsystem, hvor alle retskafne personer befinder sig. Blot ved at høre Bhagavad-gītā får selv den, der ikke forsøger at være en ren hengiven, derfor resultatet af retskafne handlinger. Således giver Herrens rene hengivne alle en chance for at blive fri for alle syndige reaktioner og blive Herrens hengivne.

Generally those who are free from sinful reactions, those who are righteous, very easily take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The word puṇya-karmaṇām is very significant here. This refers to the performance of great sacrifices, like the aśvamedha-yajña, mentioned in the Vedic literature. Those who are righteous in performing devotional service but who are not pure can attain the planetary system of the polestar, or Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Mahārāja is presiding. He is a great devotee of the Lord, and he has a special planet, which is called the polestar.

Normalt engagerer de, der er fri for syndige reaktioner og er retskafne, sig let i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Her er ordet puṇya-karmaṇām meget betydningsfuldt. Det sigter til udførelsen af store ofringshandlinger som f.eks. aśvamedha-yajñaet, der omtales i den vediske litteratur. De, der på retskaffen vis udfører hengiven tjeneste, men ikke er rene, kan komme til Polarstjernens planetsystem eller Dhruvaloka, hvor Dhruva Mahārāja regerer. Han er en af Herrens store hengivne, og han har en særlig planet, der hedder Polarstjernen.