Text 25]
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
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TRANSLATION
The Lord continued: My dear rṣi, O leader of the living entities, for anyone who serves Me in devotion by worshiping Me, especially persons like you who have given up everything unto Me, there is never any question of frustration.
PURPORT
Even if he has some desires, anyone engaged in the service of the Lord is never frustrated. Those engaged in His service are called  sakāma  and  akāma . Those who approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead with desires for material enjoyment are called  sakāma , and those devotees who have no material desires for sense gratification but serve the Supreme Lord out of spontaneous love for Him are called  akāma .  Sakāma  devotees are divided into four classes—those in distress, those in need of money, the inquisitive and the wise. Someone worships the Supreme Lord because of bodily or mental distress, someone else worships the Supreme Lord because he is in need of money, someone else worships the Lord out of inquisitiveness to know Him as He is, and someone wants to know the Lord as a philosopher can know Him, by the research work of his wisdom. There is no frustration for any of these four classes of men; each is endowed with the desired result of his worship.
TEXT 25
प्रजापतिसुतः सम्प्राण्मनुर्विख्यातमङ्गलः ।
ब्रह्मावर्तं योऽधिवसन् शास्ति सप्तार्णवां महीम् ॥२५॥
prajāpati-sutaḥ samrāṇ
manur vikhyāta-maṅgalaḥ
brahmāvartam yo 'dhivasan
śāsti saptārṇavām mahīm
prajāpati-sutaḥ —the son of Lord Brahmā;  samrāṭ —the Emperor;  manuḥ —Svāyambhuva Manu;  vikhyāta —well known;  maṅgalaḥ —whose righteous acts;  brahmāvartam —Brahmāvarta;  yaḥ —he who;  adhivasan —living in;  śāsti —rules;  sapta —seven;  arṇavām —oceans;  mahīm —the earth.
TRANSLATION
The Emperor Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā, who is well known for his righteous acts, has his seat in Brahmāvarta and rules over the earth with its seven oceans.