kuÅ›alÄcaritenaiá¹£Äm
iha svÄrtho na vidyate
viparyayeṇa vÄnartho
nirahaá¹…kÄriṇÄá¹ prabho

 kuÅ›ala - pious; Äcaritena - by activity; eá¹£Äm - for them; iha - in this world; sva-arthaḥ - selfish benefit; na vidyate - does not accrue; viparyayeṇa - by the opposite;  - or; anarthaḥ - undesirable reactions; nirahaá¹…kÄriṇÄm - who are free from false ego; prabho - my dear sir.


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My dear Prabhu, when these great persons who are free from false ego act piously in this world, they have no selfish motives to fulfill, and even when they act in apparent contradiction to the laws of piety, they are not subject to sinful reactions.

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