Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.46

samāhitaḿ yasya manaḥ praśāntaḿ

dānādibhiḥ kiḿ vada tasya kṛtyam

asaḿyataḿ yasya mano vinaśyad

dānādibhiś ced aparaḿ kim ebhiḥ

SYNONYMS

samāhitam — perfectly fixed; yasya — whose; manaḥ — mind; praśāntam — pacified; dāna-ādibhiḥ — by charity and the other processes; kim — what; vada — please tell; tasya — of those processes; kṛtyam — use; asaḿyatam — uncontrolled; yasya — whose; manaḥ — mind; vinaśyat — dissolving; dāna-ādibhiḥ — by these processes of charity and so on; cet — if; aparam — further; kim — what use; ebhiḥ — of these.

TRANSLATION

If one's mind is perfectly fixed and pacified, then tell me what need does one have to perform ritualistic charity and other pious rituals? And if one's mind remains uncontrolled, lost in ignorance, then of what use are these engagements for him?

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