He who knows the absolute of my advent and my actions will no longer have to be reborn in the material universe. Leaving his body, he enters my eternal kingdom.
Free from all attachments, free from fear and anger, completely absorbed in me and seeking refuge in me, many became purified by learning to know me, and all thus developed a pure love for me.
All follow my path in one way or another, and according to their surrender to me, I reward them in proportion.
In this world, man yearns for the fruits of his deeds, and therefore worships the heavenly beings. Man, here below, quickly reaps the fruits of his labor.
I created the four divisions of society according to the three gunas [the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature; virtue, passion, and ignorance] and the duties they impose on man. But know that although I created them, they do not contain Me, for I am immutable.
Action does not affect Me, and I do not aspire to its fruits. He who knows Me as such does not become entangled in the nets [snares, traps] of karma.
In the power of this knowledge, all the great souls of the past have acted, and thus attained liberation. Therefore, walk in the footsteps of the ancients and fulfill your duty in this divine consciousness. Even the intelligent man becomes perplexed when it comes to determining what action and inaction are.
Now, I will teach you action, and this knowledge will free you from all sin. The nature of action is very complex, difficult to understand. Therefore, one must clearly distinguish between legitimate action, reprehensible action, and inaction.
He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is distinguished by his intelligence, and although engaged in all kinds of acts, he is situated on a purely spiritual level.
He who, in action, has freed himself from all desire for material enjoyment, can be considered firmly established in knowledge. Of him, the sages affirm that the fire of perfect knowledge has reduced the consequences of his actions to ashes. Totally detached from the fruit of his actions, always satisfied and autonomous, he does not act materially, although he is continually active. The person thus enlightened has perfect control over his mind and his intelligence. He renounces all sense of possession and acts only to meet his bare vital needs.
Thus, neither sin nor the consequences of sin can touch him. One who, freed from duality and envy, sees failure and success with equal eyes, satisfied with what comes naturally to him, never gets bogged down in whatever he does. The actions of one who, firm in absolute knowledge, is not influenced by the three gunas, are purely spiritual, performed for the sole satisfaction of Yajna [Krishna]. The person fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness is assured of attaining the eternal kingdom, for his actions are all purely spiritual, and through oblation and offering, they partake of the absolute.