Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 31/01/2014 - 2/02/2014 - please find some reading material attached

SB 3.23.56

neha yat karma dharmaya
na viragaya kalpate
na tirtha-pada-sevayai
jivann api mrto hi sah

 

na—not; iha—here; yat—which; karma—work; dharmaya—for perfection of religious life; na—not; viragaya—for detachment; kalpate—leads; na—not; tirtha-pada—of the Lord’s lotus feet; sevayai—to devotional service; jivan—living; api—although; mrtah—dead; hi—indeed; sah—he.

 

Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, and anyone situated in renunciation that does not lead him to devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, must be considered dead, although he is breathing.

Devahuti

 

 

SB 3.25.13

sri-bhagavan uvaca
yoga adhyatmikah pumsam
mato nihsreyasaya me
atyantoparatir yatra
duhkhasya ca sukhasya ca

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca—the Personality of Godhead said; yogah—the yoga system; adhyatmikah—relating to the soul; pumsam—of living entities; matah—is approved; nihsreyasaya—for the ultimate benefit; me—by Me; atyanta—complete; uparatih—detachment; yatra—where; duhkhasya—from distress; ca—and; sukhasya—from happiness; ca—and.

 

The Personality of Godhead answered: The yoga system which relates to the Lord and the individual soul, which is meant for the ultimate benefit of the living entity, and which causes detachment from all happiness and distress in the material world, is the highest yoga system.

Kapila Deva