Canto 11: General History | Chapter 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; bhajati — a person worships; mām — Me; bhaktyā — with devotion; nirapekṣaḥ — indifferent to results; sta-karmabhiḥ — by his own prescribed duties; tam — him; sattva-prakṛtim — a person whose nature is in the mode of goodness; vidyāt — one should understand; puruṣam — a man; striyam — a woman; eva — even; vā — 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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