अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥
api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananyabhāk | sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ ||
- अपि चेत् · api cet
- even if
- सुदुराचारः · sudurācāraḥ
- a person of very evil conduct
- भजते · bhajate
- worships
- माम् · mām
- me
- अनन्यभाक् · ananyabhāk
- with no other resort
- साधुः एव · sādhuḥ eva
- righteous indeed
- मन्तव्यः · mantavyaḥ
- to be considered
- सम्यक् · samyak
- rightly
- व्यवसितः · vyavasitaḥ
- resolved
“Even if a person of very evil conduct worships me with exclusive devotion, that one is to be counted righteous — for the resolve is right.”
— Original plain-language translation
The charter of hope: a rightly turned will outweighs a wrongly lived past. Righteousness is credited on direction, not history. The next verse shows this resolve swiftly remaking character.
— Reader's notes (original)