26 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 1

TEXT 16

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mi sasfamaaaraay 128

tam ithamanam nirahankrtam budham
nirdsisam ptirnam ananya-coditam
nifi Siksayantam niya-vartma-samsthitam

prabhum prapadye *khila-dharma-bhavanam

tam—unto the same Supreme Personality of Godhead; ihamanam—
who is acting for our benefit; nirahankrtam—who is without entangle-
ment or desire for gain; budham—who is completely in knowledge;
nirdsisam —without desires to enjoy the fruits of His activities; puirnam
—who is full and therefore has no need to fulfill desires; ananya—by
others; coditam—induced or inspired; n7n—all of human society;
Siksayantam—to teach (the real path of life); nija-vartma—His own
personal way of life; sarmsthitam—to establish (without deviation);
prabhum—unto the Supreme Lord; prapadye—I request everyone to
surrender; akhila-dharma-bhavanam—who is the master of all
religious principles or the occupational duties for a human being.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, works just like an
ordinary human being, yet He does not desire to enjoy the fruits
of work. He is full in knowledge, free from material desires and
diversions, and completely independent. As the supreme teacher
of human society, He teaches His own way of activities, and thus
He inaugurates the real path of religion. I request everyone to
follow Him.

PURPORT

This is the sum and substance of our Krsna consciousness movement.
We are simply requesting human society to follow in the footsteps of the
