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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

dharmasya hy āpavargyasya nārtho 'rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ

[SB 1.2.9]

Prabhupāda: Next.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

[break] ...not; arthaḥ---end; arthāya---for material gain; upakalpate---is meant for; na---neither; arthasya---of material gain; dharma-eka-antasya---for one who is engaged in the …

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Translation = "All occupational engagements, or dharmas, are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material …

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[aside:] Ask them not... [Hindi]

Avidyā-karma-saṁjña.

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Therefore, generally people become devotee of Lord Śiva, because easily pliable. Viṣṇu is not so easily pliable. Devī is easily …