नैष्कर्म्यमप्यच्युतभाववर्जितं न शोभते ज्ञानमलं निरञ्जनम् । कुत: पुन: शश्वदभद्रमीश्वरे न चार्पितं कर्म यदप्यकारणम् ॥ १२ ॥
naiskarmyam apy acyuta-bhava-varjitam na sobhate jnanam alam niranjanam kutah punah sasvad abhadram isvare na carpitam karma yad apy akaranam
- naiskarmyam
- self-realization, being freed from the reactions of fruitive work
- api
- in spite of
- acyuta
- the infallible Lord
- bhava
- conception
- varjitam
- devoid of
- na
- does not
- sobhate
- look well
- jnanam
- transcendental knowledge
- alam
- by and by
- niranjanam
- free from designations
- kutah
- where is
- punah
- again
- sasvat
- always
- abhadram
- uncongenial
- isvare
- unto the Lord
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- arpitam
- offered
- karma
- fruitive work
- yat api
- what is
- akaranam
- not fruitive
Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible (God). What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?