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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.9

కుర్యాత్ సర్వాణి కర్మాణి మదర్థం శనకై: స్మరన్ । మయ్యర్పితమనశ్చిత్తో మద్ధర్మాత్మమనోరతి: ॥ ౯ ॥
kuryāt sarvāṇi karmāṇi
[kuryaat sarvaani karmaani]
mad-arthaṁ śanakaiḥ smaran
[mad-artham shanakaih smaran]
mayy arpita-manaś-citto
[mayy arpita-manash-chitto]
mad-dharmātma-mano-ratiḥ
[mad-dharmaatma-mano-ratih]
kuryāt — one should perform sarvāṇi — all karmāṇi — prescribed activities mat-artham — for Me śanakaiḥ — without becoming impetuous smaran — remembering mayi — unto Me arpita — who has offered manaḥ-cittaḥ — his mind and his intelligence mat-dharma — My devotional service ātma-manaḥ — of his own mind ratiḥ — the attraction.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kuryāt sarvāṇi karmāṇi
kuryāt
one should perform
sarvāṇi
all
karmāṇi
prescribed activities
mad-arthaṁ śanakaiḥ smaran
mat-artham
for Me
śanakaiḥ
without becoming impetuous
smaran
remembering
mayy arpita-manaś-citto
mayi
unto Me
arpita
who has offered
manaḥ-cittaḥ
his mind and his intelligence
mad-dharmātma-mano-ratiḥ
mat-dharma
My devotional service
ātma-manaḥ
of his own mind
ratiḥ
the attraction.
Always remembering Me, one should perform all his duties for Me without becoming impetuous. With mind and intelligence offered to Me, one should fix his mind in attraction to My devotional service.

The words mad-dharmātma-mano-ratiḥ mean that all of one’s love and affection should be devoted to pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not indicated here that one should try to relish selfish satisfaction in devotional service, but rather that one should be attracted to the Lord’s own satisfaction, which one achieves by faithfully executing the order of a bona fide spiritual master coming in disciplic succession from Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. Attachment to one’s own satisfaction, even within devotional service, is materialistic, whereas attachment to the satisfaction of the Lord is pure spiritual emotion.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Always remembering me, one should perform all his duties for me as the cases arise. His consciousness should be fixed in persons whose minds are dedicated to me and his mind should be attracted to bhakti. The Lord now describes both pure and mixed bhakti by uttering words with two meanings. One should perform all material actions such as brushing the teeth and all spiritual actions such as hearing and chanting for me. This is the first meaning. One should perform all varṇāśrama actions for me. This is the second meaning. His consciousness should be fixed in persons whose minds are dedicated to me (mayy arpita-manaś-cittaḥ). This means he is attached to my devotees. His mind (ātma-manaḥ) is attracted to bhakti (mad-dharma). ,
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