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Bhagavad-Gita 5.17

tad-buddhayas tad-atmanas
tan-nishthas tat-parayanah
gacchanty apunar-avrittim
jnana-nirdhuta-kalmashah

SYNONYMS
tat-buddhayah -- those whose intelligence is always in the Supreme; tat-atmanah -- those whose minds are always in the Supreme; tat-nishthah -- those whose faith is only meant for the Supreme; tat-parayanah -- who have completely taken shelter of Him; gacchanti -- go; apunah-avrittim -- to liberation; jnana -- by knowledge; nirdhuta -- cleansed; kalmashah -- misgivings.

TRANSLATION
When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.

PURPORT
The Supreme Transcendental Truth is Lord Krishna. The whole Bhagavad-gita centers around the declaration that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the version of all Vedic literature. Para-tattva means the Supreme Reality, who is understood by the knowers of the Supreme as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Bhagavan, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the last word in the Absolute. There is nothing more than that. The Lord says, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya. Impersonal Brahman is also supported by Krishna: brahmano hi pratishthaham. Therefore in all ways Krishna is the Supreme Reality. One whose mind, intelligence, faith and refuge are always in Krishna, or, in other words, one who is fully in Krishna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and is in perfect knowledge in everything concerning transcendence. A Krishna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krishna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation.

Translated into the English language by
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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"As a native of India now living in the West, it has given me much grief to see so many of my fellow countrymen coming to the West in the role of gurus and spiritual leaders. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publication of Bhagavad-gita As It Is by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It will help to stop the terrible cheating of false and unauthorized 'gurus' and 'yogis' and will give an opportunity to all people to understand the actual meaning of Oriental culture."

Dr. Kailash Vajpeye, Director of Indian Studies
Center for Oriental Studies, The University of Mexico

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