23.109

anapeksah sucir daksa

udasino gata-vyathah

sarvarambha-parityagi

yo me bhaktah sa me priyah

SYNONYMS

anapeksah—indifferent; sucih—clean; daksah—expert in executing devotional service; udasinah—without affection for anything material; gata-vyathah—liberated from all material distress; sarva-arambha—all kinds of endeavor; parityagi—completely rejecting; yah—anyone who; me—My; bhaktah—devotee; sah—he; me priyah—very dear to Me " ’A devotee who is not dependent on others but dependent solely on Me, who is clean inwardly and outwardly, who is expert, indifferent to material things, without cares, free from all pains, and who rejects all pious and impious activities, is very dear to Me.

PURPORT

The word anapeksah means that one should not be concerned with mundane people and should not depend upon them.

One should depend solely on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and be free from material desires.

One should also be clean, within and without.

To be outwardly clean, one should regularly bathe with soap and oil, and to be inwardly clean one should always be absorbed in thoughts of Krsna.

The words sarvarambha-parityagi indicate that one should not be interested in the so-called smarta-vidhi of pious and impious activities.