SYNONYMS
sadṛśam
— accordingly; ceṣṭate
— tries; svasyāḥ
— by his own; prakṛteḥ
— modes of nature; jñāna-vān — learned; api
— although; prakṛtim
— nature; yānti
— undergo; bhūtāni
— all living entities; nigrahaḥ — repression; kim
— what; kariṣyati
— can do.
TRANSLATION
Even
a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the
nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?
PURPORT
Unless
one is situated on the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, he cannot get free from the influence of the modes of material
nature, as it is confirmed by the Lord in the Seventh Chapter (7.14).
Therefore, even for the most highly educated person on the mundane plane, it is
impossible to get out of the entanglement of māyā
simply by theoretical knowledge, or by separating the soul from the body. There
are many so-called spiritualists who outwardly pose as advanced in the science
but inwardly or privately are completely under particular modes of nature which
they are unable to surpass. Academically, one may be very learned, but because
of his long association with material nature, he is in bondage. Kṛṣṇa
consciousness helps one to get out of the material entanglement, even though
one may be engaged in his prescribed duties in terms of material existence.
Therefore, without being fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one should not give
up his occupational duties. No one should suddenly give up his prescribed
duties and become a so-called yogī or transcendentalist artificially. It
is better to be situated in one's position and to try to attain Kṛṣṇa
consciousness under superior training. Thus one may be freed from the clutches
of Kṛṣṇa's
māyā.
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