एवं बृहद्व्रतधरो ब्राह्मणोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् । मद्भक्तस्तीव्रतपसा दग्धकर्माशयोऽमल: ॥ ३६ ॥
evaṁ bṛhad-vrata-dharo brāhmaṇo ’gnir iva jvalan mad-bhaktas tīvra-tapasā dagdha-karmāśayo ’malaḥ
- evam
- thus
- bṛhat-vrata
- that great vow of perpetual celibacy
- dharaḥ
- maintaining
- brāhmaṇaḥ
- a brāhmaṇa
- agniḥ
- fire
- iva
- like
- jvalan
- becoming bright
- mat-bhaktaḥ
- My devotee
- tīvra-tapasā
- by intense austerities
- dagdha
- burned
- karma
- of fruitive activities
- āśayaḥ
- the propensity or mentality
- amalaḥ
- without contamination of material desire
A brāhmaṇa observing the great vow of celibacy becomes brilliant like fire and by serious austerity burns to ashes the propensity to perform material activities. Free from the contamination of material desire, he becomes My devotee.