Bhagavad Gita · 9.30
॥
Devanāgarī
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।
साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk |
sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अपि चेत्api ceteven if.
सुदुराचारःsu-dur-ācāraḥone who commits the most abominable acts, the most sinful.
भजतेbhajatehe serves, he worships.
माम्māmMe.
अनन्यभाक्ananya-bhākundividedly, without deviation.
साधुः एवsādhuḥ evaas a sādhu (a saint) indeed.
सः मन्तव्यःsaḥ mantavyaḥhe is to be regarded.
सम्यक्samyakrightly, perfectly.
व्यवसितःvyavasitaḥhe is resolute, he is set on the right path.
हि सःhi saḥfor he.
Translation
“Even if one commits the most abominable acts, if he serves Me with undivided devotion he is to be regarded as saintly, for he is set on the right path.”
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