GITA-SHLOKA-4.22 He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions.
TRANSLATION
He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions.
PURPORT
A Krsna conscious person does not make much endeavor even to maintain his body.
He is satisfied with gains which are obtained of their own accord.
He neither begs nor borrows, but he labors honestly as far as is in his power, and is satisfied with whatever is obtained by his own honest labor.
He is therefore independant in his livelihood.
He does not allow anyone's service to hamper his own service in Krsna consciousness.
However, for the service of the Lord he can participate in any kind of action without being disturbed by the duality of the material world.
The duality of the material world is felt in terms of heat and cold, or misery and happiness.
A Krsna conscious person is above duality because he does not hesitate to act in any way for the satisfaction of Krsna.
Therefore he is steady both in success and in failure.
These signs are visible when one is fully in transcendental knowledge.
Gita shloka 4.23
TRANSLATIONThe work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.
PURPORT
Becoming fully Krsna conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes.
He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Krsna; and thus his mind cannot be drawn from Krsna consciousness.
Consequently, whatever he does, he does for Krsna, who is the primeval Visnu.
Therefore, all his works are technically sacrifices because sacrifice involves satisfying the Supreme Person, Krsna.
The resultant reactions to all such work certainly merge into transcendence, and one does not suffer material effects.
