श्रीभगवानुवाच अनिमित्तनिमित्तेन स्वधर्मेणामलात्मना । तीव्रया मयि भक्त्या च श्रुतसम्भृतया चिरम् ॥ २१ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca animitta-nimittena sva-dharmenamalatmana tivraya mayi bhaktya ca sruta-sambhrtaya ciram
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- animitta-nimittena
- without desiring the fruits of activities
- sva-dharmena
- by executing one’s prescribed duties
- amala-atmana
- with a pure mind
- tivraya
- serious
- mayi
- unto Me
- bhaktya
- by devotional service
- ca
- and
- sruta
- hearing
- sambhrtaya
- endowed with
- ciram
- for a long time.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One can get liberation by seriously discharging devotional service unto Me and thereby hearing for a long time about Me or from Me. By thus executing one’s prescribed duties, there will be no reaction, and one will be freed from the contamination of matter.