Chapter 6, Verse 40
śrī bhagavān uvāca
pārtha naiveha nāmutra
vināśas tasya vidyate
na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid
durgatim tāta gacchati
The Lord says: O Arjuna, neither in this life nor hereafter is there destruction for him; never does anyone who practises good, O beloved, come to woe.
The merciful Lord, the Lord of the universe answers Arjuna, “O Arjuna, neither in this life nor hereafter is there destruction for him”. Can you see, how wonderful and merciful He is? “Never does anyone who practises good, O beloved, come to woe, or
meet any evil destiny.”
Arjuna is worrying, “If I don’t do my duty, will I lose all my good punya or the opportunity to advance?” Bhagavan Krishna replies that one doesn’t fall: no matter to which heavens or lokas one goes, one never falls. One always move forward. Such is the state of a bhakta who always continues on his spiritual journey. Wherever one abides, wherever one is after death, one continues to steadily advance towards God- Realisation. So it’s a continuation. Even if you have started practising, but you have not yet achieved this state which Lord Krishna spoke of, you don’t lose anything. Even if you die and at the time of death, you have not reminded yourself of the Divine Names nor have the concentration, through meditation, to consciously leave the body as He explains earlier, you don’t lose anything. You are incarnated in other spheres, in other lokas; and if you are not advancing towards other lokas, you will be born again on this Earth. You will always find yourself where you finished in your last life, and you will advance from there.
The ones who are on the spiritual path, who have accumulated good punya, who have done good things to merit being born on Earth; who have the Grace in life to long for God; the Grace to hear how to attain Him, the Grace to receive the blessing of Shaktipat, with which Mahavatar Babaji said that you can achieve God-Realisation, they are never deprived of anything. The ones who have the Grace to serve Him, to think of Him, to love Him, will enjoy God-Realisation in the next life or they will go to other dimensions. And in their next life, due to their good punya in this life, they will be born enjoying both worldly existence and a spiritual life. They will be free. They will have everything. God will provide for them! They will not be deprived of any gifts from the Divine, or of God-Realisation. God will guide them to the Guru’s Feet, and through the Guru they will again be reminded of the spiritual way.
“Never does anyone who practises good, O beloved, come to woe.” So the practise doesn’t disappear. Life changes, you move from one body to the other, but you don’t lose. You are not doomed. The good that you have done in this life will continue in the next life, until you have full Realisation of God, until you attain Him fully. Is it not beautiful? You don’t lose anything when you love God. You just carry on, growing, as you are growing now.
Bhagavad Gita
