Text 19] The Activities of the Pracetas 1507
grhesv advisatam capi
pumsamn kusala-karmanam
mad-varta-yata-yamanam
na bandhaya grha matah

grhesu—in family life; dvisatam—who have entered; ca—also; api—even;
pumsdm—of persons; kusala-karmandm—engaged in auspicious activities;
mat-varta—in topics about Me; ydta—is expended; yamanadm— whose every
moment; na—not; bandhaya—for bondage; grhah—household life; matah—
considered.

TRANSLATION

Those who are engaged in auspicious activities in devotional service
certainly understand that the ultimate enjoyer or beneficiary of all
activities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus when one acts, he
offers the results to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and passes life
always engaged in the topics of the Lord. Even though such a person may
be participating in family life, he is not affected by the results of his
actions.

PURPORT

Generally a person living in a family becomes overly attached to fruitive
activity. In other words, he tries to enjoy the results of his activities. A
devotee, however, knows that Krgna is the supreme enjoyer.

bhoktararh yajfia-tapasam
sarva-loka-mahesvaram
suhrdam sarva-bhiitanar
Jiidtud mam santim rechati
“The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the
benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the
pangs of material miseries.” (Bg. 5.29)

The Supreme Lord is the supreme proprietor; consequently the devotee
does not consider himself the proprietor of any occupation. The devotee
always thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the proprietor;
therefore the results of his business are offered to the Supreme Lord. One
who thus lives in the material world with his family and children never
becomes affected by the contaminations of the material world. This is
confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (3.9):
