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Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 14 Text 26
mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa gunan samatityaitan
brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

mam--unto Me; ca--also; yah--a person who; avyabhicarena--without fail; bhakti-yogena--by devotional service; sevate--renders service; sah--he; gunan--the modes of material nature; samatitya--transcending; etan--all these; brahma-bhuyaya--elevated to the Brahman platform; kalpate--becomes.

TRANSLATION

One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada opens his purport thus; This verse is a reply to Arjuna's third question: What is the means of attaining to the transcendental position? As explained before, the material world is acting under the spell of the modes of material nature. One should not be disturbed by the activities of the modes of nature; instead of putting his consciousness into such activities, he may transfer his consciousness to Krsna activities. Krsna activities are known as bhakti-yoga--always acting for Krsna. This includes not only Krsna, but His different plenary expansions such as Rama and Narayana.

When I notice that the modes of nature are acting I find a way to think or act for Krishna. This may be changing my attitude toward the person in front of me, planning my next blog entry, chanting His names, or any number of other things. Recently I had to undergo an uncomfortable medical procedure and the best I could do was to keep repeating to myself, "I am not this body". Even that little bit of effort helped.