Canto 11, Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Verse 10 (SB 11.25.10)
SB 11.25.10 • मूल श्लोक

यदा भजति मां भक्त्या निरपेक्ष: स्वकर्मभि: । तं सत्त्वप्रकृतिं विद्यात् पुरुषं स्‍त्रियमेव वा ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

yadā bhajati māṁ bhaktyā nirapekṣaḥ sva-karmabhiḥ taṁ sattva-prakṛtiṁ vidyāt puruṣaṁ striyam eva vā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yadā — when; bhajati — a person worships; mām — Me; bhaktyā — with devotion; nirapekṣaḥ — indifferent to results; sva-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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda