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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- mayy ananyena bhāvena
- bhaktiṁ kurvanti ye dṛḍhām
- mat-kṛte tyakta-karmāṇas
- tyakta-svajana-bāndhavāḥ
mayiunto Me — unto Me; ananyenawith undeviated mind bhāvenawith undeviated mind — with undeviated mind; bhaktimdevotional service — devotional service; kurvantiperform — perform; yethose who — those who; dṛḍhāmstaunch — staunch; matfor My sake-kṛtefor My sake — for My sake; tyaktarenounced — renounced; karmāṇaḥactivities — activities; tyaktarenounced — renounced; svafamily relationships-janafamily relationships — family relationships; bāndhavāḥfriendly acquaintances — friendly acquaintances.
Such a sādhu engages in staunch devotional service to the Lord without deviation. For the sake of the Lord he renounces all other connections, such as family relationships and friendly acquaintances within the world.
Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti, Text 22
A person in the renounced order of life, a sannyāsī, is also called a sādhu because he renounces everything—his home, his comfort, his friends, his relatives, and his duties to friends and to family. He renounces everything for the sake of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A sannyāsī is generally in the renounced order of life, but his renunciation will be successful only when his energy is employed in the service of the Lord with great austerity. It is said here, therefore, bhaktiṁ kurvanti ye dṛḍhām. A person who seriously engages in the service of the Lord and is in the renounced order of life is a sādhu. A sādhu is one who has given up all responsibility to society, family, and worldly humanitarianism, simply for the service of the Lord. As soon as he takes his birth in the world, a person has so many responsibilities and obligations—to the public, to the demigods, to the great sages, to the general living beings, to his parents, to the family forefathers and to many others. When he gives up all such obligations for the sake of the service of the Supreme Lord, he is not punished for such renunciation of obligation. But if for sense gratification a person renounces all such obligations, he is punished by the law of nature.