SB 11.23.46
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 46
- samāhitaṁ yasya manaḥ praśāntaṁ
- dānādibhiḥ kiṁ vada tasya kṛtyam
- asaṁyataṁ yasya mano vinaśyad
- dānādibhiś ced aparaṁ kim ebhiḥ
SYNONYMS
samāhitam — perfectly fixed; yasya — whose; manaḥ — mind; praśāntam — pacified; dāna-ādibhiḥ — by charity and the other processes; kim — what; vada — please tell; tasya — of those processes; kṛtyam — use; asaṁyatam — uncontrolled; yasya — whose; manaḥ — mind; vinaśyat — dissolving; dāna-ādibhiḥ — by these processes of charity and so on; cet — if; aparam — further; kim — what use; ebhiḥ — of these.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
If one's mind is perfectly fixed and pacified, then tell me what need does one have to perform ritualistic charity and other pious rituals? And if one's mind remains uncontrolled, lost in ignorance, then of what use are these engagements for him?