Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Summary verse which concludes whatever is discussed earlier:

Bg 13.24

ya evaṁ vetti puruṣaṁ
prakṛtiṁ ca guṇaiḥ saha
sarvathā vartamāno ’pi
na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate

Synonyms: 

yaḥ — anyone who; evam — thus; vetti — understands; puruṣam — the living entity; prakṛtim — material nature; ca — and; guṇaiḥ — the modes of material nature; saha — with; sarvathā — in all ways; vartamānaḥ — being situated; api — in spite of; na — never; saḥ — he; bhūyaḥ — again; abhijāyate — takes his birth.

Translation: 

One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position.

 

ya evaṁ vetti puruṣaṁ, 

prakṛtiṁ ca guṇaiḥ saha

so one who comes to know Purusham and prakṛtiṁ and guṇaiḥ saha, along with the modes. Then sarvathā vartamāno ’pi, in all situations na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate, such a person will not take birth again. So the point being conveyed over here is na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate. Why one will not take birth again because one will understand that the real life is beyond existence. It is transcendental. Once someone will understand that his real life is much more exciting than the movie then one will stop watching the movie. 

SP Purport: The purpose of knowledge is to understand distinctly that the living entity has by chance fallen into this material existence and then we have to revert back to the spiritual existence. So the essence and purpose of this knowledge is to understand that we have entangled in matter and we have to disentangle ourselves from matter.

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