BG 9.30

अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।
साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥
api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk
sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ

Word-for-word meanings

cet — if;  su-durācāraḥ api — even a person who is exceedingly ill-behaved;  bhajate — worships;  mām — Me;  ananya-bhāk — being imbued with exclusive devotion;  saḥ — he;  mantavyaḥ — should be regarded;  sādhuḥ eva — [as] indeed virtuous;  hi — because;  saḥ — he [is];  samyak — rightly;  vyavasitaḥ — resolved.

Translation

If a person, who although exceedingly ill-behaved, is imbued with exclusive devotion and worships Me, he should be regarded as indeed virtuous, for he is rightly resolved.

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