Antya 5.10

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TEXT

ধর্মঃ স্বনুষ্ঠিতঃ পুংসাং বিষ্বক্সেনকথাসু যঃ ।
নোৎপাদয়েদ্যদি রতিং শ্রম এব হি কেবলম্ ॥ ১০ ॥

dharmah svanusthitah pumsam

visvaksena-kathasu yah

notpadayed yadi ratim

srama eva hi kevalam

SYNONYMS

dharmah-execution of the system of varna and asrama; su-anusthitah-properly executed; pumsam-of men; visvaksena-kathasu-in talks about Visvaksena, or Krsna; yah-which; na-not; utpadayet-awakens; yadi-if; ratim-taste; srama-labor; eva-without doubt; hi-certainly; kevalam-only.

TRANSLATION

" 'A person who properly performs his regulative duties according to varna and asrama but does not develop his dormant attachment for Krsna or awaken his taste to hear and chant about Krsna is certainly laboring fruitlessly.' "

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.8).