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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.32
kuśalācaritenaiṣām
iha svārtho na vidyate
viparyayeṇa vānartho
nirahańkāriṇāḿ prabho
SYNONYMS
kuśala — pious; ācaritena — by activity; eṣām — for them; iha — in this world; sva-arthaḥ — selfish benefit; na vidyate — does not accrue; viparyayeṇa — by the opposite; vā — or; anarthaḥ — undesirable reactions; nirahańkāriṇām — 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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