श्रीभगवानुवाच मयोदितेष्ववहित: स्वधर्मेषु मदाश्रय: । वर्णाश्रमकुलाचारमकामात्मा समाचरेत् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayoditeṣv avahitaḥ sva-dharmeṣu mad-āśrayaḥ varṇāśrama-kulācāram akāmātmā samācaret
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- mayā
- by Me
- uditeṣu
- spoken
- avahitaḥ
- with great care
- sva-dharmeṣu
- in the duties of devotional service to the Lord
- mat-āśrayaḥ
- one who accepts Me as shelter
- varṇa-āśrama
- the Vedic system of social and occupational divisions
- kula
- of the society
- ācāram
- conduct
- akāma
- devoid of material desires
- ātmā
- such a person
- samācaret
- should practice
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Taking full shelter in Me, with the mind carefully fixed in the devotional service of the Lord as spoken by Me, one should live without personal desire and practice the social and occupational system called varṇāśrama.