Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.264

ājñāyaivaḿ guṇān doṣān

mayādiṣṭān api svakān

dharmān santyajya yaḥ sarvān

māḿ bhajet sa ca sattamaḥ

SYNONYMS

ājñāya — knowing perfectly; evam — thus; guṇān — qualities; doṣān — faults; mayā — by Me; ādiṣṭān — instructed; api — although; svakān — own; dharmān — occupational duties; santyajya — giving up; yaḥ — anyone who; sarvān — all; mām — unto Me; bhajet — may render service; saḥ — he; ca — and; sat-tamaḥ — first-class person.

TRANSLATION

"'Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand their qualities and faults and then give them up completely to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A person who does so is considered a first-class man.'

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