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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.21

యో యో మయి పరే ధర్మ: కల్ప్యతే నిష్ఫలాయ చేత్ । తదాయాసో నిరర్థ: స్యాద్ భయాదేరివ సత్తమ ॥ ౨౧ ॥
yo yo mayi pare dharmaḥ
[yo yo mayi pare dharmah]
kalpyate niṣphalāya cet
[kalpyate nishphalaaya chet]
tad-āyāso nirarthaḥ syād
[tad-aayaaso nirarthah syaad]
bhayāder iva sattama
[bhayaader iva sattama]
yaḥ yaḥ — whatever mayi — unto Me pare — the Supreme dharmaḥ — is religion kalpyate — tends niṣphalāya — toward becoming free from the result of material work cet — if tat — of that āyāsaḥ — the endeavor nirarthaḥ — futile syāt — may be bhaya-ādeḥ — of fear and so on iva — as sat-tama — O best of saintly persons.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yo yo mayi pare dharmaḥ
kalpyate niṣphalāya cet
yaḥ yaḥ
whatever
tad-āyāso nirarthaḥ syād
bhayāder iva sattama
mayi
unto Me
pare
the Supreme
dharmaḥ
is religion
kalpyate
tends
niṣphalāya
toward becoming free from the result of material work
cet
if
tat
of that
āyāsaḥ
the endeavor
nirarthaḥ
futile
syāt
may be
bhaya-ādeḥ
of fear and so on
iva
as
sat-tama
O best of saintly persons.
O Uddhava, greatest of saints, in a dangerous situation an ordinary person cries, becomes fearful and laments, although such useless emotions do not change the situation. But activities offered to Me without personal motivation, even if they are externally useless, amount to the actual process of religion.

Even the most insignificant activity, when offered to the Supreme Lord without personal desire, can elevate one to the perfection of spiritual life. Actually, Lord Kṛṣṇa always protects and maintains His devotee. But if a devotee cries to the Lord for protection or maintenance, desiring to continue his devotional service unimpeded, Lord Kṛṣṇa accepts such apparently unnecessary appeals to be the highest religious process.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Uddhava, greatest of saints! If bhakti is offered to me without personal motivation, endeavoring for results is useless, just as expressions of fear or lamentation are useless in dangerous situations. If bhakti is practices without duplicity then without effort it gives effects at every moment. Whatever process of bhakti, such as hearing or chanting, is directed to me with no desire for material happiness now or later in Svarga or for liberation, is done without effort. The results appear on their own without effort. What is the use of effort? bhojanācchādane cintāṁ vyarthāṁ kurvanti vaiṣṇavāḥ | so’sau viśvambharo devaḥ kathaṁ bhaktān upekṣate || The devotees find it useless to worry about eating and shelter. How can the Lord who sustains the universe ignore the devotees? It is as useless as efforts executed out of fear and lamentation. Just as, by attaining one’s object, the object naturally becomes visible, by attaining me as the object of bhakti, bhakti appears on its own. Still, the sincere devotee always endeavors for bhakti. That endeavor shows his great attraction to bhakti. Effort is thus a great quality.
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