Å›iloñcha-vá¹›ttyÄ parituá¹£á¹a-citto
dharmaá¹ mahÄntaá¹ virajaá¹ juá¹£Äṇaḥ
mayy arpitÄtmÄ gá¹›ha eva tiá¹£á¹han
nÄti-prasaktaḥ samupaiti Å›Äntim
Å›ila-uñcha - of gleaning grains; vá¹›ttyÄ - by the occupation; parituá¹£á¹a - fully satisfied; cittaḥ - whose consciousness; dharmam - religious principles; mahÄntam - magnanimous and hospitable; virajam - purified of material desire; juá¹£Äṇaḥ - cultivating; mayi - in Me; arpita - dedicated; ÄtmÄ - whose mind; gá¹›he - at home; eva - even; tiá¹£á¹han - remaining; na - not; ati - very; prasaktaḥ - attached; samupaiti - achieves; Å›Äntim - liberation.
A brÄhmaṇa householder should remain satisfied in mind by gleaning rejected grains from agricultural fields and marketplaces. Keeping himself free of personal desire, he should practice magnanimous religious principles, with consciousness absorbed in Me. In this way a brÄhmaṇa may stay at home as a householder without very much attachment and thus achieve liberation.
MahÄntam refers to magnanimous religious principles such as very hospitably receiving guests, even those who are uninvited and unexpected. Householders must always be magnanimous and charitable to others, being alert to curb unnecessary affection and attachment in family life. In the past, very renounced brÄhmaṇa householders would collect grains that had fallen on the ground in the marketplace or those that had been left behind in the fields after harvesting. The most important item here is mayy arpitÄtmÄ, or fixing the mind in Lord Kṛṣṇa. Despite his material situation, anyone who constantly meditates upon the Lord can become a liberated soul. As stated in Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (1.2.187):
Ä«hÄ yasya harer dÄsye
karmaá¹‡Ä manasÄ girÄ
nikhilÄsv api avasthÄsu
jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate
“A person acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness [or, in other words, in the service of Kṛṣṇa] with his body, mind, intelligence and words is a liberated person, even within the material world, although he may be engaged in many so-called material activities.â€
