BG 11.55 Summary by HG Shyamsundar Prabhu

My dear Arjuna, he who engages in My pure devotional service, free from the contaminations of fruitive activities and mental speculation, he who works for Me, who makes Me the supreme goal of his life, and who is friendly to every living being — he certainly comes to Me.

This verse is considered to be the essence of Bhagavad-gītā. .  One should understand, therefore, that the purport of this Eleventh Chapter is that the form of Kṛṣṇa is essential and supreme.
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Usually the last verse of every chapter is like the concluding summary of each chapter and here also we see that SP is saying that this verse is the essence of BG. The specific words in the translation "He certianly comes to me". The purpose of BG is for the souls to come to Krsna and in this verse he is specifying how to come to Krsna. He who engages himself in pure devotional service. This type of bhakti is the pre-requisite or the way by one actually one can make rapid devotional service in their life. What is the pure devotional service - free from contamination of fruitive activities and mental speculation. 

When the sages of Naimisaranya questioned that what is that one activity that gives satisfaction to the heart - devotional service. What is that? Ahituki - no other motivation except to please Krsna. It is unmotivated and uninterrupted - you can't say today I will chant and tomorrow I won't chant. It needs to be uninterrupted. If we go by the mood swings then it's not bhakti. Our mood should be - irrespective of anything I will continue to chant, continue to read, continue to deity worship, continue to associate with devotees.

Work for Krsna - what does that mean? When somebody cuts the check and gives it to us we are working for that person. So what does working for Krsna mean - one who is engaged in an activity and offers the fruits of that activity to Krsna that is working for Krsna. Like Arjuna is about to engage in working for Krsna. Krsna is saying you have your mood swings - today you are saying I don't want to fight, yesterday you said you want to fight - actually your mood swings don't matte.r I have decided to establish dharma and you need to work for me to fight and remove undharma.

Grahasta ashram - We are working everyday and if we offer the fruits to Krsna then we are also working for Krsna. Since the deities have come into the house, we are constantly thinking about the deities. How can I serve the deities. The goal of life is to serve the vaishnavas and example of a prabhuji who is working hard to invite the vaishnavas home and is able to serve the vaishnavas and serving the deities - that is working for Krsna. SP is making a very nice point - if a businessman has thousands of dollars and if he wants to give everything to Krsna that is Krsna conciousness:

"No work should be done by any man except in relationship to Kṛṣṇa. This is called kṛṣṇa-karma. One may be engaged in various activities, but one should not be attached to the result of his work; the result should be done only for Him. For example, one may be engaged in business, but to transform that activity into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one has to do business for Kṛṣṇa. If Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of the business, then Kṛṣṇa should enjoy the profit of the business. If a businessman is in possession of thousands and thousands of dollars, and if he has to offer all this to Kṛṣṇa, he can do it. This is work for Kṛṣṇa. Instead of constructing a big building for his sense gratification, he can construct a nice temple for Kṛṣṇa, and he can install the Deity of Kṛṣṇa and arrange for the Deity's service, as is outlined in the authorized books of devotional service. This is all kṛṣṇa-karma. One should not be attached to the result of his work, but the result should be offered to Kṛṣṇa, and one should accept as prasādam the remnants of offerings to Kṛṣṇa. If one constructs a very big building for Kṛṣṇa and installs the Deity of Kṛṣṇa, one is not prohibited from living there, but it is understood that the proprietor of the building is Kṛṣṇa. That is called Kṛṣṇaconsciousness. If, however, one is not able to construct a temple for Kṛṣṇa, one can engage himself in cleansing the temple of Kṛṣṇa; that is also kṛṣṇa-karma. One can cultivate a garden. Anyone who has land — in India, at least, any poor man has a certain amount of land — can utilize that for Kṛṣṇa by growing flowers to offer Him. One can sow tulasī plants, because tulasī leaves are very important and Kṛṣṇa has recommended this in Bhagavad-gītā. Patraḿ puṣpaḿ phalaḿ toyam. Kṛṣṇa desires that one offer Him either a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or a little water — and by such an offering He is satisfied. This leaf especially refers to the tulasī. So one can sow tulasī and pour water on the plant. Thus, even the poorest man can engage in the service of Kṛṣṇa. These are some of the examples of how one can engage in working for Kṛṣṇa."

One who is giving Krsna to others that is very very pleasing to Krsna. That is not going to be easy but Krsna is going to be very pleased (Book Distribution). Constructing temple is good, but more important is to spread the teaching of KC so people are attracted to the teachings and can come to love Krsna. What is the use of a large temple if nobody is coming to them. But if there is a sincere effort to give Krsna to people that is the essence of BG. So this paragraph is very important for us:

"A devotee of Kṛṣṇa is friendly to everyone. Therefore it is said here that he has no enemy (nirvairaḥ). How is this? A devotee situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness knows that only devotional service to Kṛṣṇa can relieve a person from all the problems of life. He has personal experience of this, and therefore he wants to introduce this system, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, into human society. There are many examples in history of devotees of the Lord who risked their lives for the spreading of God consciousness. The favorite example is Lord Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the nondevotees, but he sacrificed his life for spreading God consciousness. Of course, it would be superficial to understand that he was killed. Similarly, in India also there are many examples, such as Ṭhākura Haridāsa and Prahlāda Mahārāja. Why such risk? Because they wanted to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and it is difficult. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person knows that if a man is suffering it is due to his forgetfulness of his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, the highest benefit one can render to human society is relieving one's neighbor from all material problems. (Family is easy, but neighbors are more important - hence it is important to help them to come to the stage of love of Godhead) In such a way, a pure devotee is engaged in the service of the Lord. Now, we can imagine how merciful Kṛṣṇa is to those engaged in His service, risking everything for Him. Therefore it is certain that such persons must reach the supreme planet after leaving the body."

RISK is very important - all of us don't want to take risk because we want a peaceful life. When we change jobs we take risks in the hope to improve our situation. The devotee takes the risk because he wants to spread KC. and it is difficult! SP's own example he struggled for 14 years of his life. He was trying to write magazine, print, personally walked in the hot sunny days, in the hope that someone would take it. He struggled to come out of India, he got heart attack.....who said it's easy? It is difficult. We should try to serve Krsna by cleaning the temple floor, helping in constructing a temple for Krsna - we need to take the risk. SP risked his life for us - so we can all sit in our homes so comfortably to chant Hare Krsna, read the books so nicely and comfortably, get devotee association and hence it our duty to give this mercy to others and hence Krsna says - that such devotees preaching this merciful message is engaged in Krsna's service. So, now we can imagine imagine how merciful Krsna is to those engaged in His service, risking everything for him and hence such persons must reach the supreme planet. 

What is the 2 most important thing we are careful in spending - time and money. When the perfection of money and time is employed in KC that is the most important thing. When we die all the money we have accumulated has been lost. Time lost is lost forever. But when time and money is put into KC and that becomes the goal of life then you are making your life successful and he doesn't waste a single moment. Every moment must be employed in Krsna's service. Every action, every talk, every activity we do, we should think are we pleasing Krsna with this activity and then Krsna says the 4th point.

Who comes to me?

1.Always in devotional service - free from contamination and fruitive activities.

2. Always works for Krsna.

3.  Making Krsna the supreme goal of life.

4. Friendly to every living being - Wants to help everyone and what is the best way to be friendly to everybody by giving them KC. These are the 4 ways if we do sincerely we can come to Krsna definitely. Devotee hence wants to always serve and do devotional service to the SHYAMASUNDAR form of Krsna. Krsna has so many forms and so many names but when Krsna is referred to be in the personal abode of Vrindanvan the word used for Krsna is said to be Shyamasundar. Hence in Vrindavan ISKCON the name of the deity is Shyamasundar that form is the focus of every devotee and that is the all attractive form of Krsna.

That should be our goal of life to serve this form of Krsna having 4 ways as described above.

How to not have unwanted association - at every moment we should think - is this going to be favorable to our KC if yes accept it, if not, reject it. So slowly slowly every action of ours will be favorable for Krsna. We talk, we hear ... any action we do we are always doing things to accept what is favorable to Krsna and KC. Every thought, every word, every activity - if favorable to KC then we accept it and other things we reject and slowly we will become purified and everything we do will be KC. Haribol!