TEXT 29
jara-marana-moksaya
mam asritya yatanti ye
te brahma tad viduh krtsnam
adhyatmam karma cakhilam

SYNONYMS
 jara--old age; marana--death; moksaya--for the purpose of liberation;
mam--unto Me; asritya--taking shelter of; yatanti--endeavor; ye--all
those; te--such persons; brahma--Brahman; tat--actually that; viduh--
they know; krtsnam--everything; adhyatmam--transcendental; karma--
fruitive activities; ca--and; akhilam--entirely.

TRANSLATION
 Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age
and death take refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually
Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental and
fruitive activities.

EXPLANATION
 Birth, death, old age and diseases affect this material body, but not
the spiritual body. There is no birth, death, old age and disease for
the spiritual body, so one who attains a spiritual body, becomes one
of the associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engages in
eternal devotional service, is really liberated. Aham brahmasmi: I am
spirit. It is said that one should understand that he is Brahman--
spirit soul. This Brahman conception of life is also in devotional
service, as described in this verse. The pure devotees are
transcendentally situated on the Brahman platform, and they know
everything about transcendental and material activities.
 Four kinds of impure devotees who engage themselves in the
transcendental service of the Lord achieve their respective goals, and
by the grace of the Supreme Lord, when they are fully Krsna conscious,
they actually enjoy spiritual association with the Supreme Lord. But
those who are worshipers of demigods never reach the Supreme Lord in
His supreme planet. Even the less intelligent Brahman-realized persons
cannot reach the supreme planet of Krsna known as Goloka Vrndavana.
Only persons who perform activities in Krsna consciousness (mam
asritya) are actually entitled to be called Brahman, because they are
actually endeavoring to reach the Krsna planet. Such persons have no
misgivings about Krsna, and thus they are factually Brahman.
 Those who are engaged in worshiping the form or arca of the Lord or
who are engaged in meditation on the Lord simply for liberation from
material bondage, also know, by the grace of the Lord, the purports of
Brahman, adhibhuta, etc., as explained by the Lord in the next
chapter.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"One may justify one's sinful activities as God's enjoyment but such
convenient interpretations cannot save one from the stern punishment
at the hands of material nature in this life and the next."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and
become permanently liberated from old age and death.