Verse Text
saṅga-tyāgo vidūreṇa bhagavad-vimukhair janaiḥ |
śiṣyādy-ananubandhitvaṁ mahārambhādy-anudyamaḥ ||78||
bahu-grantha-kalābhyāsa-vyākhyā-vāda-vivarjanam ||79||
vyāvahāre ’py akārpaṇyaṁ śokādy-avaśa-vartitā ||80||
anya-devān avajṣā ca bhūtānudvega-dāyitā |
sevā-nāmāparādhānām udbhavābhāva-kāritā ||81||
kṛṣṇa-tad-bhakta-vidveṣa-vinindādy-asahiṣṇutā |
vyatirekatayāmīṣāṁ daśānāṁ syād anuṣṭhitīḥ ||82||
Translation
Giving up the association of those opposed to the Lord; not being attached to making disciples; not being enthusiastic for huge undertakings; avoiding the study of useless books in order to earn a living or to defeat others in useless arguments; not feeling miserable in any material circumstances; not being subject to lamentation or other extreme emotions; not showing disrespect to devatās; not giving disturbance to other living beings; not committing of sevā-aparādha or nāma-aparādha; not tolerating the criticism of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees by those who hate them. These ten aṅgas should be observed by avoidance.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
There will certainly be sevā-aparādhas and nāma-aparādhas for the person performing sādhana-bhakti. However, after committing them, the person should be careful to avoid those offenses in the future.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
The next set of instructions is listed as follows: (1) One should rigidly give up the company of nondevotees. (2) One should not instruct a person who is not desirous of accepting devotional service. (3) One should not be very enthusiastic about constructing costly temples or monasteries. (4) One should not try to read too many books, nor should one develop the idea of earning his livelihood by lecturing on or professionally reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhagavad-gītā. (5) One should not be neglectful in ordinary dealings. (6) One should not be under the spell of lamentation in loss or jubilation in gain. (7) One should not disrespect the demigods. (8) One should not give unnecessary trouble to any living entity. (9) One should carefully avoid the various offenses in chanting the holy name of the Lord or in worshiping the Deity in the temple. (10) One should be very intolerant toward the blasphemy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or His devotees.
Without following the above-mentioned ten principles, one cannot properly elevate himself to the platform of sādhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice.