Verse of the Day : Bhagavad-gita As It is-5.26

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TRANSLATION

Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are selfrealized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future.

PURPORT

Of the saintly persons who are constantly engaged in striving toward salvation, one who is in K???a consciousness is the best of all. The Bhāgavatam confirms this fact as follows:

yat-pāda-pa?kaja-palā?a-vilāsa-bhaktyā karmā?aya? grathitam udgrathayanti santa? tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha srotoga?ās tam ara?a? bhaja vāsudevam.

"Just try to worship, in devotional service, Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even great sages are not able to control the forces of the senses as effectively as those who are engaged in transcendental bliss by serving the lotus feet of the Lord, uprooting the deep grown desire for fruitive activities." (Bhāg. 4.22.39)

In the conditioned soul the desire to enjoy the fruitive results of work is so deep-rooted that it is very difficult even for the great sages to control such desires, despite great endeavors. A devotee of the Lord, constantly engaged in devotional service in K???a consciousness, perfect in self-realization, very quickly attains liberation in the Supreme. Owing to his complete knowledge in self-realization, he always remains in trance. To cite an analagous example of this:

dar?ana-dhyāna-sa?spar?air matsya-kūrma-viha?gamā? svānya patyāni pu??anti tathāham api padmaja.

"By vision, by meditation and by touch only do the fish, the tortoise and the birds maintain their offspring. Similarly do I also, O Padmaja!"

The fish brings up its offspring simply by looking at them. The tortoise brings up its offspring simply by meditation. The eggs of the tortoise are laid on land, and the tortoise meditates on the eggs while in the water. Similarly, a devotee in K???a consciousness, although far away from the Lord's abode, can elevate himself to that abode simply by thinking of Him constantly-by engagement in K???a consciousness. He does not feel the pangs of material miseries; this state of life is called brahma-nirvā?a, or the absence of material miseries due to being constantly immersed in the Supreme.

Question 1 : What is brahma-nirvā?a state ?