यथा वार्तादयो ह्यर्था योगस्यार्थं न बिभ्रति । अनर्थाय भवेयु: स्म पूर्तमिष्टं तथासत: ॥ २९ ॥
yatha vartadayo hy artha yogasyartham na bibhrati anarthaya bhaveyuh sma purtam istam tathasatah
- yatha
- as
- varta-adayah
- activities like occupational or professional duties
- hi
- certainly
- arthah
- income (from such occupational duties)
- yogasya
- of mystic power for self-realization
- artham
- benefit
- na
- not
- bibhrati
- help
- anarthaya
- without value (binding one to repeated birth and death)
- bhaveyuh
- they are
- sma
- at all times
- purtam istam
- ritualistic Vedic ceremonies
- tatha
- similarly
- asatah
- of a materialistic nondevotee
As professional activities or business profits cannot help one in spiritual advancement but are a source of material entanglement, the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies cannot help anyone who is not a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.