CC Antya 5.10
Bengali
ধর্মঃ স্বনুষ্ঠিতঃ পুংসাং বিষ্বক্সেনকথাসু যঃ ।
নোৎপাদয়েদ্যদি রতিং শ্রম এব হি কেবলম্ ॥ ১০ ॥
নোৎপাদয়েদ্যদি রতিং শ্রম এব হি কেবলম্ ॥ ১০ ॥
Verse text
dharmaḥ sv-anuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ
viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ
notpādayed yadi ratiṁ
śrama eva hi kevalam
viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ
notpādayed yadi ratiṁ
śrama eva hi kevalam
Synonyms
dharmaḥ — execution of the system of varṇa and āśrama; su-anuṣṭhitaḥ — properly executed; puṁsām — of men; viṣvaksena-kathāsu — in talks about Viṣvaksena, or Kṛṣṇa; yaḥ — which; na — not; utpādayet — awakens; yadi — if; ratim — taste; śramaḥ — labor; eva — without doubt; hi — certainly; kevalam — only.
Translation
“ ‘A person who properly performs his regulative duties according to varṇa and āśrama but does not develop his dormant attachment for Kṛṣṇa or awaken his taste for hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa is certainly laboring fruitlessly.’ ”
Purport
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.8).