Verse 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 5

Verse 1

Performing jñāna-yoga with a great struggle, a jñānī may come to realize impersonal Brahman. That perfect knowledge of Brahman removes from the jñānī all past karmic reactions that had not yet begun to bear fruit.

Verse 2

However, the karmic reactions that had begun to bear fruit are not destroyed by realizing Brahman, Those karmic reactions are destpyed only by experiencing the results they bring. Thus, to experience those karmic results, the Brahman-realized soul must take birth and die again and again.

Verse 3

However, O holy name, the moment You appear before a sincere devotee, his karmic reactions, whether or not they have begun to bear fruit, can no longer stay with him. This the Vedas sing again and again.

Verse 4

O sun of the holy name, when You rise on the horizon, the living entity's heart is at once purified, the shackles of karma (fruitive work) and jñāna (impersonal speculation) are thrown far away, and the repetition of birth and death is easily destroyed.

Verse 5

Raising his arms, Bhaktivinoda says, "Take up the banner of the holy name. Sound the drum of the holy name. In this way you will meet the flute-player Kṛṣṇa."