Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.32.18

bhajanty abhajato ye vai

karunāh pitarau yathā

dharmo nirapavādo 'tra

sauhridam ca su-madhyamāh

SYNONYMS

bhajanti — they devotedly serve; abhajatah — with those who do not reciprocate with them; ye — those who; vai — indeed; karunāh — merciful; pitarau — parents; yathā — as; dharmah — religious duty; nirapavādah — faultless; atra — in this; sauhridam — friendship; ca — and; su-madhyamāh — O slender-waisted ones.

TRANSLATION

My dear slender-waisted gopīs, some people are genuinely merciful or, like parents, naturally affectionate. Such persons, who devotedly serve even those who fail to reciprocate with them, are following the true, faultless path of religion, and they are true well-wishers.

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