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| His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
'śraddhā'-śabde--viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya
kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
SYNONYMS
śraddhā-śabde—by the word śraddhā; viśvāsa—faith; kahe—is said; sudṛḍha—firm; niścaya—certain; kṛṣṇe—unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhakti—devotional service; kaile—by executing; sarva-karma—all activities; kṛta—completed; haya—are.
TRANSLATION
"By rendering transcendental loving service to Kṛṣṇa,
one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. This confident,
firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called śraddhā.
PURPORT
Firm faith and confidence are called śraddhā.
When one engages in the Lord's devotional service, he is to be
understood to have performed all his responsibilities in the material
world. He has satisfied his forefathers, ordinary living entities, and
demigods and is free from all responsibility. Such a person does not
need to meet his responsibilities separately. It is automatically done.
Fruitive activity (karma) is meant to satisfy the senses of the conditioned soul. However, when one awakens to Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, he does not have to work separately for pious activity.
The best achievement of all fruitive activity is detachment from
material life, and this detachment is spontaneously enjoyed by the
devotee firmly engaged in the Lord's service.
