Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 31

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Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 31
ksipram bhavati dharmatma
sasvac-chantim nigacchati
kaunteya pratijanihi
na me bhaktah pranasyati

SYNONYMS
ksipram--very soon; bhavati--becomes; dharma-atma--righteous; sasvat-
santim--lasting peace; nigacchati--attains; kaunteya--O son of Kunti;
pratijanihi--justly declare; na--never; me--Mine; bhaktah--devotees;
pranasyati--perishes.

TRANSLATION
He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of
Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

EXPLANATION
This should not be misunderstood. In the Seventh Chapter the Lord
says that one who is engaged in mischievous activities cannot become a
devotee of the Lord. One who is not a devotee of the Lord has no good
qualifications whatsoever. The question remains, then, How can a
person engaged in abominable activities--either by accident or
intention--be a pure devotee? This question may justly be raised. The
miscreants, as stated in the Seventh Chapter, who never come to the
devotional service of the Lord, have no good qualifications, as is
stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Generally, a devotee who is engaged
in the nine kinds of devotional activities is engaged in the process
of cleansing all material contamination from the heart. He puts the
Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, and all sinful
contaminations are naturally washed away. Continuous thinking of the
Supreme Lord makes him pure by nature. According to the Vedas, there
is a certain regulation that if one falls down from his exalted
position, he has to undergo certain ritualistic processes to purify
himself. But here there is no such condition because the purifying
process is already there in the heart of the devotee, due to his
remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead constantly. Therefore,
the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare should be continued without
stoppage. This will protect a devotee from all accidental falldowns.
He will thus remain perpetually free from all material contaminations.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"Ethical and moral worldly existence without chanting the Holy Names
of the Lord and devotion to the Lord is just like trying to honestly
divide stolen wealth among ourselves."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, for
this will bring us under the protection of the supreme Lord.