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# Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 12

**[Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 12](http://vedabase.com/en/sb/1/5/12)**

 

*naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ
na śobhate jñānam alaṁ nirañjanam
kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare
na cārpitaṁ karma yad apy akāraṇam

*

TRANSLATION
Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?

Along with today's text, Dhanurdhara Swami remembers Mother Indrani, a regular

*sanga*

member, who recently left her body after 86 years.