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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- puṁsām ato vividha-karmabhir adhvarādyair
- dānena cogra-tapasā paricaryayā ca
- ārādhanaṁ bhagavatas tava sat-kriyārtho
- dharmo 'rpitaḥ karhicid mriyate na yatra
puṁsāmof the people — of the people; ataḥtherefore — therefore; vividhaby various fruitive activities-karmabhiḥby various fruitive activities — by various fruitive activities; adhvaraby performance of Vedic rituals-ādyaiḥby performance of Vedic rituals — by performance of Vedic rituals; dānenaby charities — by charities; caand — and; ugravery hard — very hard; tapasāausterity — austerity; paricaryayāby transcendental service — by transcendental service; caalso — also; ārādhanamworship — worship; bhagavataḥof the Personality of Godhead — of the Personality of Godhead; tavaYour — Your; satsimply for pleasing Your Lordship-kriyāsimply for pleasing Your Lordship-arthaḥsimply for pleasing Your Lordship — simply for pleasing Your Lordship; dharmaḥreligion — religion; arpitaḥso offered — so offered; karhicitat any time — at any time; mriyatevanquishes — vanquishes; nanever — never; yatrathere — there.
But the pious activities of the people, such as performance of Vedic rituals, charity, austere penances, and transcendental service, performed with a view to worship You and satisfy You by offering You the fruitive results, are also beneficial. Such acts of religion never go in vain.
Absolute devotional service, conducted in nine different spiritual activities—hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, praying, etc.—does not always appeal to people with a pompous nature; they are more attracted by the Vedic superficial rituals and other costly performances of social religious shows. But the process according to the Vedic injunctions is that the fruits of all pious activities should be offered to the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.27, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.), the Lord demands that whatever one may do in one's daily activities, such as worship, sacrifice, and offering charity, all the results should be offered to Him only. This offering of the results of pious acts unto the Supreme Lord is a sign of devotional service to the Lord and is of permanent value, whereas enjoying the same results for oneself is only temporary. Anything done on account of the Lord is a permanent asset and accumulates in the form of unseen piety for gradual promotion to the unalloyed devotional service of the Lord. These undetected pious activities will one day result in full-fledged devotional service by the grace of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, any pious act done on account of the Supreme Lord is also recommended here for those who are not pure devotees.