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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 1
TEXT 11
एतन्निर्विद्यमानानामिच्छतामकुताभयम् । योगिनां नृप निर्णीतं हरेनामानुकीर्तनम् ॥१॥
etan nirvidyamānānām icchatām akuto-bhayam yoginām nṛpa niṛṇītam harer-nāmānukīrtanam
etat —it is;  nirvidyamānānām —of those who are completely free from all material desires;  icchatām —of those who are desirous of all sorts of material enjoyment;  akuto-bhayam —free from all doubts and fear;  yoginām —of all who are self-satisfied;  nṛpa —O King;  niṛṇītam —decided truth;  hareḥ —of the Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  nāma —holy name;  anu —after someone, always;  kīrtanam —chanting.
TRANSLATION
O King, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, and also those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, as well as those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge.
PURPORT
In the previous verse, the great necessity for attaining attachment to Mukunda has been accredited. There are different types of persons who desire to attain success in different varieties of pursuits. Generally the persons are materialists who desire to enjoy the fullest extent of material gratification. Next to them are the transcendentalists, who have attained perfect knowledge about the nature of material enjoyment and thus are aloof from such an illusory way of life. More or less, they are satisfied in themselves by self-realization. Above them are the devotees of the Lord, who neither aspire to enjoy the material world nor desire to get out of it. They are after the satisfaction of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In other words, the devotees of the Lord do not want anything on their personal account. If