पुंसामतो विविधकर्मभिरध्वराद्यै- र्दानेन चोग्रतपसा परिचर्यया च । आराधनं भगवतस्तव सत्क्रियार्थो धर्मोऽर्पित: कर्हिचिद्म्रियते न यत्र ॥ १३ ॥
pumsam ato vividha-karmabhir adhvaradyair danena cogra-tapasa paricaryaya ca aradhanam bhagavatas tava sat-kriyartho dharmo ’rpitah karhicid mriyate na yatra
- pumsam
- of the people
- atah
- therefore
- vividha-karmabhih
- by various fruitive activities
- adhvara-adyaih
- by performance of Vedic rituals
- danena
- by charities
- ca
- and
- ugra
- very hard
- tapasa
- austerity
- paricaryaya
- by transcendental service
- ca
- also
- aradhanam
- worship
- bhagavatah
- of the Personality of Godhead
- tava
- Your
- sat-kriya-arthah
- simply for pleasing Your Lordship
- dharmah
- religion
- arpitah
- so offered
- karhicit
- at any time
- mriyate
- vanquishes
- na
- never
- yatra
- there
But the pious activities of the people, such as performance of Vedic rituals, charity, austere penances, and transcendental service, performed with a view to worship You and satisfy You by offering You the fruitive results, are also beneficial. Such acts of religion never go in vain.