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Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

Verse 49 of 60
SB 8.16.49

वर्जयेदसदालापं भोगानुच्चावचांस्तथा अहिंस्रः सर्वभूतानां वासुदेवपरायणः

varjayed asad-ālāpaṁ bhogān uccāvacāṁs tathā ahiṁsraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ

Synonyms

varjayetone should give up; asat-ālāpamunnecessary talk on material subject matters; bhogānsense gratification; ucca-avacānsuperior or inferior; tathāas well as; ahiṁsraḥwithout being envious; sarva-bhūtānāmof all living entities; vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥsimply being a devotee of Lord Vāsudeva..

Translation

During this period, one should not unnecessarily talk of material subjects or topics of sense gratification, one should be completely free from envy of all living entities, and one should be a pure and simple devotee of Lord Vāsudeva.

Verse 49 of 60
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