Understanding Krishna as transcendental to karma frees the sincere devotee from all material bondage and conditioning.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 4.14 — April 3, 1974, Bombay 740403BG-BOMBAY [41:58 Minutes] Bg-04.14_740403BG-BOMBAY Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛhā iti māṁ yo 'bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate [Bg. 4.14] [break] [02:42] Translation: "There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work." Prabhupāda: na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛhā iti māṁ yo 'bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate [Bg. 4.14] Last night we discussed, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg. 4.13] There are two condition of life. Actually, conditioned life and non-conditioned life, liberated life and conditioned life, that is real nomenclature, liberated life and conditioned life. Conditioned life means this material world.
We are conditioned by the laws of material nature. Just like we are trying to go to the moon planet, but we are conditioned; we cannot go. There are so many impediments. This is the nearest planet.
Still, because we are conditioned, we cannot go. No free access. Otherwise, a living entity name is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga sthāṇur acalo 'yam [Bg. 2.24].
Sarva-ga means a living entity can go anywhere. As we see, there are so many planets. Why we cannot go? There are means also.
We are flying in the air, but we cannot go. This is called conditioned life. There are so many instances. Just like even on this planet if you want to go to other countries, say, America, you have to fulfill so many conditions—passport, visa, then P-form and so many other forms.
Not easily. This is called conditioned life. We have no freedom to move. And there is another life, which is life of freedom. Just like Nārada Muni.
Nārada Muni travels everywhere. He goes in the spiritual world; he comes in the material world. In the material world he can go in any one of the planets. Sometimes by yogic practice we can go also, but not so easily.