Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 25: The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.10

yadā bhajati māḿ bhaktyā

nirapekṣaḥ sva-karmabhiḥ

taḿ sattva-prakṛtiḿ vidyāt

puruṣaḿ striyam eva vā

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; bhajatia person worships; māmMe; bhaktyā — with devotion; nirapekṣaḥ — indifferent to results; sta-karmabhiḥ — by his own prescribed duties; tam — him; sattva-prakṛtima person whose nature is in the mode of goodness; vidyāt — one should understand; puruṣama man; striyama woman; eva — even; — or.

TRANSLATION

Any person, whether man or woman, who worships Me with loving devotion, offering his or her prescribed duties unto Me without material attachment, is understood to be situated in goodness.

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