anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa
udÄsÄ«no gata-vyathaḥ
sarvÄrambha-parityÄgÄ«
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
anapeká¹£aḥ - neutral; Å›uciḥ - pure; daká¹£aḥ - expert; udÄsÄ«naḥ - free from care; gata-vyathaḥ - freed from all distress; sarva-Ärambha - of all endeavors; parityÄgÄ« - renouncer; yaḥ - anyone who; mat-bhaktaḥ - My devotee; saḥ - he; me - to Me; priyaḥ - very dear.
Money may be offered to a devotee, but he should not struggle to acquire it. If automatically, by the grace of the Supreme, money comes to him, he is not agitated. Naturally a devotee takes a bath at least twice in a day and rises early in the morning for devotional service. Thus he is naturally clean both inwardly and outwardly. A devotee is always expert because he fully knows the essence of all activities of life and he is convinced of the authoritative scriptures. A devotee never takes the part of a particular party; therefore he is carefree. He is never pained, because he is free from all designations; he knows that his body is a designation, so if there are some bodily pains, he is free. The pure devotee does not endeavor for anything which is against the principles of devotional service. For example, constructing a big building requires great energy, and a devotee does not take to such business if it does not beneï¬t him by advancing his devotional service. He may construct a temple for the Lord, and for that he may take all kinds of anxiety, but he does not construct a big house for his personal relations.