True freedom lies in surrendering the desire to enjoy, not in pursuing independence from the Supreme Lord.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 4.20 — April 9, 1974, Bombay 740409BG-BOMBAY [34:29 Minutes] Bg-04.20_740409BG-BOMBAY Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto 'pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ [Bg. 4.20] [break] [02:06] Translation: "Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and independent, he performs no fruitive action, although engaged in all kinds of undertakings." Prabhupāda: tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto 'pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ [Bg. 4.20] First of all I shall translate this into Hindu. Then I shall speak in English. [Hindi] So tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgam. This is very difficult task.
Everyone is expecting some result for his personal benefit: "How much I have gained by this business?" That is our disease, everyone. Idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye punar dhanam [Bg. 6.13]. All the people of the world, they are struggling hard for existence, simply calculating that "This much I have achieved today, and this much I'll achieve tomorrow. In this way my bank balance will be increased more and more." That is very much explained in the Sixteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā: āsuri.
Pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā vidur āsura-janāḥ [Bg. 16.7]. Āsura-janāḥ. [aside:] Just find out the page, Sixteenth Chapter. Āsura-janāḥ. [Hindi] Oh, I will continue in... Asuric means non-devotees.
Atheist. Asuric. What is the page? Pradyumna: pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsuraḥ na śaucaṁ... [Bg. 16.7] Prabhupāda: What is the page number? Pradyumna: Seven-thirty-one. Prabhupāda: So in the Sixteenth Chapter it has been explained that what is the difference between atheist and theist, or persons with God consciousness and persons without God consciousness.
So it is said, dvau bhūta-sargau loke 'smin daiva āsura eva ca daivi vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu [Bg. 16.6] Kṛṣṇa is explaining that there are two classes of men, loke, in every place or every planet. Some planets are full of asuras. They are called asura-loka. And another place it is said that "Who are the asuras and who are the devas?" Viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daiva āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ.
Even a... There are many demigods. The demigods worshiper are also demons. Only viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daivaḥ.
Viṣṇu-bhakta, those who are devotee of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu... Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ [Ṛg Veda 1.22.20]. This is Ṛg Veda mantra. Sūrayaḥ and asūrayaḥ.