Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rasa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.32

kusalacaritenaisam

iha svartho na vidyate

viparyayena vanartho

nirahankarinam prabho

SYNONYMS

kusala -- pious; acaritena -- by activity; esam -- for them; iha -- in this world; sva-arthah -- selfish benefit; na vidyate -- does not accrue; viparyayena -- by the opposite; va -- or; anarthah -- undesirable reactions; nirahankarinam -- who are free from false ego; prabho -- my dear sir.

TRANSLATION

My dear Prabhu, when these great persons who are free from false ego act piously in this world, they have no selfish motives to fulfill, and even when they act in apparent contradiction to the laws of piety, they are not subject to sinful reactions.

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