Sri mad Bhagavatam - Prabhupada

Text 23] The Glories of Devotional Service 1027-renounced; sva-jana-family relationships; bandhavii -friendly acquaintances.TRANSLATIONSuch a sadhu engages in staunch devotional service to the Lord withoutdeviation. For the sake of the Lord he renounces all other connections,such as family relationships and friendly acquaintances within the world.PURPORTA person in the renounced order of life, a sannyiist, is also called asiidhu because he renounces everything-his home, his comfort, his friends,his relatives and his duties to friends and to family. He renounces every·thing for the sake of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A sannyiist isgenerally in the renounced order of life, hut his renunciation will hesuccessful only when his energy is employed in the service of the Lordwith great austerity .It is said here, therefore, bhaktim kurvanti ye dnlham.A person who seriously engages in the service of the Lord and is in therenounced order of life is a siidhu. A siidhu is one who has given up allresponsibility to society, family and worldly humanitarianism simply forthe sake of the service of the Lord. As soon as he takes his birth in theworld, a person has so many responsibilities and obligations-to the public,to the demigods, to the great sages, to the general living beings, to hisparents, to the family forefathers, and to many others. When he gives upall such obligations for the sake of the service of the Supreme Lord, he isnot punished for such renunciation of obligation. But if for sense gratificationa person renounces all such obligations, he is punished by the law ofnature.TEXT 23: : VRf..ij en =it 1ij fqf €tlfl4ij': 1111mad-O:srayii kathii mrtiisrrwanti kathayanti catapanti vividhiis tiipiinaitiin mad-gata-cetasamat-asraya-about Me; kathti -stories; mma- delightful; S[I)Vantitheyhear; kathayanti-they chant; ca-and; tapanti-inflict suffering;