He who is free from ‘desires’, i.e., who has no longing for anything except the self; who is ‘pure’, namely, whose body is nourished on the food prescribed by the Shastras; who is an ‘expert’ namely, who is an expert in performing actions prescribed by the Shastras; who is ‘indifferent’, i.e., not interested in matters other than those enjoined by the Shastras; who is free from ‘agony’, i.e. , of pain caused by heat, cold, contact with coarse things etc. which are inevitably associated with the performance of rites prescribed by the Shastras; who renounces all ‘undertakings’, i.e., who renounces all undertakings except those demanded by the Shastras—the devotee who is like this is dear to Me.