One in knowledge sees the body, not the self as the performer and cause of work. Activities of body are conducted automatically by its modes.
Purpose of discussion is to convince the embodied living entity that ‘I am not the only doer’
Embodied living entity resides happily in the city of nine gates, neither working nor causing work to be done, when he
Mentally renounces all actions
Lives in the city of nine gates
Nine gates – Two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, one mouth, the anus and genitals
The soul has a choice – Although subjecting oneself to the conditions of the body, one can be beyond those conditions if he so desires
bCause of soul’s suffering — Owing to the forgetfulness of his superior nature and identifying with the material nature
cSolution to the soul’s suffering — By Krishna consciousness one revives his real position and comes out of the embodiment because by Krishna consciousness
One becomes completely aloof from bodily activities
In such a controlled life one deliberations are changed and he lives happily within the city of nine gates
dSupporting reference — Svetasvatara Upanisad
When the living entity identifies with the Lord within Himself, he becomes just as free as the Lord, even while in the body
Therefore a Krishna conscious person is free from both the outer and inner activities of the material body