Without sincere devotional service, everything is simply a show

[krsna 3]

nalam dvijatvam devatvam

rsitvam vasuratmajah

prinanaya mukundasya

na vrttam na bahu jnata

 

na danam na tapo nejya

na saucam na vratani ca

priyate 'malaya bhaktya

harir anyad vidambanam

 

<font color="blue"> My dear friends, O sons of the demons, you cannot please

 

the Supreme Personality of Godhead by becoming perfect

 

brahmanas, demigods or great saints or by becoming

 

perfectly good in etiquette or vast learning. None of

 

these qualifications can awaken the pleasure of the Lord.

 

Nor by charity, austerity, sacrifice, cleanliness or vows

 

can one satisfy the Lord. The Lord is pleased only if one

 

has unflinching, unalloyed devotion to Him. Without

 

sincere devotional service, everything is simply a show. </font color>

 

(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.51-52)

 

 

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