BHAGAVAD-GITA 12:16

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 12:16

 

anapeksah sucir daksa

udasino gata-vyathah

sarvarambha-parityagi

yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

anapeksah--neutral; sucih--pure; daksah--expert; udasinah--free from

care; gata-vyathah--freed from all distress; sarva-arambha--of all

endeavors; parityagi--renouncer; yah--anyone who; mat-bhaktah--My

devotee; sah--he; me--to Me; priyah--very dear.

 

TRANSLATION

 

My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities,

who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not

striving for some result, is very dear to Me.

 

PURPORT

 

Money may be offered to a devotee, but he should not struggle to

acquire it. If automatically, by the grace of the Supreme, money comes

to him, he is not agitated. Naturally a devotee takes a bath at least

twice in a day and rises early in the morning for devotional service.

Thus he is naturally clean both inwardly and outwardly. A devotee is

always expert because he fully knows the essence of all activities of

life and he is convinced of the authoritative scriptures. A devotee

never takes the part of a particular party; therefore he is carefree.

He is never pained, because he is free from all designations; he knows

that his body is a designation, so if there are some bodily pains, he

is free. The pure devotee does not endeavor for anything which is

against the principles of devotional service. For example,

constructing a big building requires great energy, and a devotee does

not take to such business if it does not benefit him by advancing his

devotional service. He may construct a temple for the Lord, and for

that he may take all kinds of anxiety, but he does not construct a big

house for his personal relations.

 

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