BRS 4.3.57

BRS 4.3.57

Verse Text

dharmotsāha-ratir dhīraiḥ sthāyī bhāva ihocyate | dharmaikābhiniveśas tu dharmotsāho mataḥ satām ||57||

Translation

The wise say that dharmotsāha-rati is the sthāyi-bhāva of the dharma-vīra. Dharmotsāha means to be absorbed only in the subject of dharma.

Purport (Nectar of Devotion)

… whereas persons who execute religious rituals without intending to please Kṛṣṇa are only called pious.