B.G 9.30 to 33
अपि चेत् सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्। साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग् व्यवसितो हि सः ॥३०॥
api cet sudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk। sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ ॥30॥
[अपि (api) - Even if; चेत् (cet) - if; सुदुराचारः (su-dur-ācāraḥ) - extremely ill-behaved; भजते (bhajate) - worships; माम् (mām) - Me; अनन्यभाक् (ananya-bhāk) - with exclusive devotion. साधुः (sādhuḥ) - saintly; एव (eva) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - he; मन्तव्यः (mantavyaḥ) - is to be considered; सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly; व्यवसितः (vyavasitaḥ) - resolved; हि (hi) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - he.]
Even if one is extremely ill-behaved, if he worships Me with exclusive devotion, he is to be considered saintly, for he is rightly resolved.
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति। कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥३१॥
kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṁ nigacchati। kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ॥31॥
[क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṁ) - Quickly; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; धर्मात्मा (dharma-ātmā) - righteous-souled; शश्वत्-शान्तिं (śaśvat-śāntiṁ) - eternal peace; निगच्छति (nigacchati) - attains. कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; प्रतिजानीहि (pratijānīhi) - understand conclusively; न (na) - not; मे (me) - My; भक्तः (bhaktaḥ) - devotee; प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes.]
He quickly becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O son of Kunti, understand conclusively that My devotee never perishes.
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः। स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥३२॥
māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ। striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste'pi yānti parāṁ gatim ॥32॥
[माम् (mām) - Me; हि (hi) - indeed; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pritha (Arjuna); व्यपाश्रित्य (vyapāśritya) - taking refuge in; ये अपि (ye api) - even those who; स्युः (syuḥ) - may be; पाप-योनयः (pāpa-yonayaḥ) - of sinful birth. स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; वैश्याः (vaiśyāḥ) - merchants; तथा (tathā) - and also; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - laborers; ते अपि (te api) - they also; यान्ति (yānti) - attain; परां (parāṁ) - supreme; गतिम् (gatim) - destination.]
Even those of sinful birth - women, merchants, and labourers, if they take refuge in Me, O Arjuna, they too attain the supreme destination.
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा। अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥३३॥
kiṁ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā। anityamasukhaṁ lokamimaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām ॥33॥
[किं पुनः (kiṁ punaḥ) - What to speak then; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - of the Brahmins; पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - virtuous; भक्ताः (bhaktāḥ) - devotees; राजर्षयः (rāja-ṛṣayaḥ) - royal sages; तथा (tathā) - likewise. अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent; असुखं (asukhaṁ) - full of suffering; लोकम् (lokam) - world; इमम् (imam) - this; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; भजस्व (bhajasva) - worship; माम् (mām) - Me.]
What to speak then of virtuous Brahmins and royal sages who are devoted? Having attained this impermanent and joyless world, worship Me.
Gīta Bhāshya 9.30 to 33
The Lord devotees generally does not misbehave. But because of unwinding of karma, temporarily he may misbehave.
न भवत्येव प्रायः तद् भक्तः सुदुराचारः। तथापि बहुपुण्येन यदि कथञ्चित् भवति तर्हि साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः ॥३०॥
na bhavatyeva prāyaḥ tad bhaktaḥ sudurācāraḥ। tathāpi bahupuṇyena yadi kathañcit bhavati tarhi sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ ॥30॥
[न (na) - Not; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; एव (eva) - certainly; प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - generally; तत् (tat) - that; भक्तः (bhaktaḥ) - devotee; सुदुराचारः (su-dur-ācāraḥ) - extremely ill-behaved. तथापि (tathā api) - even then; बहु-पुण्येन (bahu-puṇyena) - because of excessive merit; यदि (yadi) - if; कथञ्चित् (kathañcit) - somehow; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; तर्हि (tarhi) - then; साधुः (sādhuḥ) - saintly; एव (eva) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - he; मन्तव्यः (mantavyaḥ) - is to be considered.]
Generally, a devotee does not become extremely ill-behaved; yet, because of excessive merit, somehow, he does, even then he is to be considered saintly.
