Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.11.32

vṛttyā sva-bhāva-kṛtayā

vartamānaḥ sva-karma-kṛt

hitvā sva-bhāva-jaḿ karma

śanair nirguṇatām iyāt

SYNONYMS

vṛttyā — with the profession; sva-bhāva-kṛtayā — performed according to one's modes of material nature; vartamānaḥ — existing; sva-karma-kṛt — executing his own work; hitvā — giving up; sva-bhāva-jam — born from one's own modes of nature; karma — activities; śanaiḥ — gradually; nirguṇatām — transcendental position; iyāt — may attain.

TRANSLATION

If one acts in his profession according to his position in the modes of nature and gradually gives up these activities, he attains the niṣkāma stage.

PURPORT

If one gradually gives up his hereditary customs and duties and tries to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead in his natural position, he is gradually able to become free from these activities, and he attains the stage of niṣkāma, freedom from material desires.

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