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TEXT 16 anapeksah sucir daksa
SYNONYMS  anapeksah--neutral;
sucih--pure; daksah--expert; udasinah--free from care;
gata-vyathah--freed from all distress; sarva-arambha--all
endeavors; parityagi--renouncer; yah--anyone; mat-bhaktah--My
devotee; sah--he; me--Me; priyah--very dear.
TRANSLATION A devotee
who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure,
expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for
some result, is very dear to Me.
PURPORT 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 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
benefit 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.
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