Karma bandhan

[BVKS Sanga]

From "Amrit Raj" 

Date 18-07-2026 23:33:42

Subject Query

Dear devotees,

Dandavat pranam to all dear devotees 

What is karm bandhan ? Is it possible to get released from this trap?

Your servant,

Amrit

[BVKS Sanga]

From "Shyamananda (das) BVKS (Mayapur - IN)"
To sa...@bvkssanga.info
Date 26-07-2026 19:16:00
Subject Karma bandhan

Param Vijayate Sri Krishna Sankirtanam

Dear Amritji,

In reply to your question as to what is karma bandhana? we must first
understand what is karma? Arjuna asked this question in Gita 8.1 and Krishna
replied in Gita 8.1 bhuta-bhavodbhava-karo visargah karma sanjnita - those
actions which result in the deveploment of material bodies for spiritual
souls is known as karma. Bandhana means bondage therefore the bondage of the
living entity which is a pure spiritual spark of Krishna to the perpetual
cycle of creation maintenence and destruction of material bodies within the
material world is called karma bandhana. It is possible to get out of this
cycle as mentioned in Bhagavad Gita 18.66 etc. and Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.6
etc. The whole process of bondage and liberation is succinctly explained by
Lord Rsabhadeva in the following verses
Srimad Bhagavatam (5.5.4-6) confirms this as follows:

nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma
yad indriya-prītaya āpṛṇoti
na sādhu manye yata ātmano ’yam
asann api kleśada āsa dehaḥ

parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto
yāvan na jijñāsata ātma-tattvam
yāvat kriyās tāvad idaṁ mano vai
karmātmakaṁ yena śarīra-bandhaḥ

evaṁ manaḥ karma-vaśaṁ prayuṅkte
avidyayātmany upadhīyamāne
prītir na yāvan mayi vāsudeve
na mucyate deha-yogena tāvat

"People are mad after sense gratification, and they do not know that this
present body, which is full of miseries, is a result of one's fruitive
activities in the past. Although this body is temporary, it is always giving
one trouble in many ways. Therefore, to act for sense gratification is not
good. One is considered to be a failure in life as long as he makes no
inquiry about his real identity. As long as he does not know his real
identity, he has to work for fruitive results for sense gratification, and
as long as one is engrossed in the consciousness of sense gratification one
has to transmigrate from one body to another. Although the mind may be
engrossed in fruitive activities and influenced by ignorance, one must
develop a love for devotional service to V€sudeva. Only then can one have
the opportunity to get out of the bondage of material existence."

Hare Krishna!

Dasanudasa,
Shyamananda dasa brahmacari