Living in the Greatest Moment in History

No one wants to live a drab, boring existence. Everyone would prefer an exciting, thrilling life which is an adventure at every moment. In this regard the fantastic news is that one who awakens his dormant Krishna consciousness lives at every second in the greatest moment in history. This is so because each of Krishna's unlimited, eternally-happening pastimes is truly the greatest moment in history, and Krishna's pure devotees are participating along with Him in these amazingly sublime pastimes. How this is so cannot be understood by mundane logic, even if one goes on speculating or performing mystic yoga for thousands and millions of years. But it is deeply experienced and relished at every nanosecond by those who have become fully realized in their eternal identities as Krishna's servants.

Krishna's Lila: Eternally History's Greatest Moment

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Is it Wrong to Work for Results?

In one of the most famous verses of the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 2--verse 47; Bhagavan Sri Krishna is asking, "Do your work, but do not expect results or get motivated to do work for the results." What is wrong in expecting a result? I being a chemist, all the time look for my product, that should form as a result of the chemical reaction I did. If the product forms, the next step is to send it to a customer and then again I expect customer will like it and buy it. There is no end to such expectations for good result. I see that obtaining good result is my motivation for doing the hard work. One book, while explaining this verse, even says "those who work for result belong to the lower level of humans." Please help me in understanding the meaning of this sloka (verse).

Arnab Dasgupta.

Answer: Not if You are Doing it For Krishna

The correct translation of that verse is as follows:

“You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.”—Bhagavad-gita 2.47

The Krishna conscious devotee is far more results-oriented than the ordinary materialist. The difference is that while the materialist wants to selfishly enjoy the fruits of his work for himself, the devotees selflessly enjoy working and offering the fruit of their work to the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. Both are eager for the results. The difference is that the non-devotee wants the results for himself (or the expansions of himself in the form of wife and family), while the devotee wants even better results for Krishna. The example is Arjuna. By become a devotee he did not give up working for results. After surrendering to Krishna he become very eager for victory on the battlefield for the pleasure of Krishna, and did in fact achieve it in grand style.

Kindly note that if you want to get a clear understanding the Bhagavad-gita, you should only read Bhagavad-gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Other editions often give an unclear or even distorted presentation of the verses and their meanings.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari