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<div class="heading">Whether one is engaged in material activity involving pounds, shillings and pence or is in the renounced order, he should always think that he is an eternal servant of God, for that is the real position of the living being. Both taking sannyasa and dealing in pounds, shillings and pence are external affairs. In any condition, one should always consider how to please and satisfy Krsna.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 9.141|CC Antya 9.141, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"Whether you are involved in material activities or become completely renounced, you five brothers are all My eternal servants, birth after birth.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that one should always remember that he is eternally a servant of Krsna. Whether one is engaged in material activity involving pounds, shillings and pence or is in the renounced order, he should always think that he is an eternal servant of God, for that is the real position of the living being. Both taking sannyasa and dealing in pounds, shillings and pence are external affairs. In any condition, one should always consider how to please and satisfy Krsna. Thus even if one is involved in great material affairs, he will not become attached. As soon as one forgets that he is an eternal servant of Krsna, he becomes involved in material attachments. However, if one is always conscious that Krsna is the supreme master and that he is an eternal servant of Krsna, he is a liberated person in any condition. Entangling material activities will not affect him.</p>
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