Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46


Sanskrit:

समाहितं यस्य मन: प्रशान्तंदानादिभि: किं वद तस्य कृत्यम् ।असंयतं यस्य मनो विनश्यद्दानादिभिश्चेदपरं किमेभि: ॥ ४६ ॥

ITRANS:

samāhitaṁ yasya manaḥ praśāntaṁdānādibhiḥ kiṁ vada tasya kṛtyamasaṁyataṁ yasya mano vinaśyaddānādibhiś ced aparaṁ kim ebhiḥ

Translation:

If one’s mind is perfectly fixed and pacified, then tell me what need does one have to perform ritualistic charity and other pious rituals? And if one’s mind remains uncontrolled, lost in ignorance, then of what use are these engagements for him?

Purport: