Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3


Sanskrit:

श्रीभगवानुवाचकिमुपायनमानीतं ब्रह्मन् मे भवता गृहात् ।अण्वप्युपाहृतं भक्तै: प्रेम्णा भूर्येव मे भवेत् ।भूर्यप्यभक्तोपहृतं न मे तोषाय कल्पते ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-bhagavān uvācakim upāyanam ānītaṁbrahman me bhavatā gṛhātaṇv apy upāhṛtaṁ bhaktaiḥpremṇā bhury eva me bhavetbhūry apy abhaktopahṛtaṁna me toṣāya kalpate

Translation:

The Supreme Lord said: O brāhmaṇa, what gift have you brought Me from home? I regard as great even the smallest gift offered by My devotees in pure love, but even great offerings presented by nondevotees do not please Me.

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