Canto 8, Chapter 16

Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

Verse 49 (SB 8.16.49)
SB 8.16.49 • मूल श्लोक

वर्जयेदसदालापं भोगानुच्चावचांस्तथा । अहिंस्र: सर्वभूतानां वासुदेवपरायण: ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

varjayed asad-ālāpaṁ bhogān uccāvacāṁs tathā ahiṁsraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

varjayet — one should give up; asat-ālāpam — unnecessary talk on material subject matters; bhogān — sense gratification; ucca-avacān — superior or inferior; tathā — as well as; ahiṁsraḥ — without being envious; sarva-bhūtānām — of all living entities; vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ — simply being a devotee of Lord Vāsudeva.

Translation

“During this period, one should not unnecessarily talk of material subjects or topics of sense gratification, one should be completely free from envy of all living entities, and one should be a pure and simple devotee of Lord Vāsudeva.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda