Madhya 22.26
TEXT 26
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চারি বর্ণাশ্রমী যদি কৃষ্ণ নাহি ভজে ।
স্বকর্ম করিতে সে রৌরবে পড়ি' মজে ॥ ২৬ ॥ cari varnasrami yadi krsna nahi bhaje
svakarma karite se raurave padi' maje
SYNONYMS
cari varna-asrami-followers of the four social and spiritual orders of life; yadi-if; krsna-Lord Krsna; nahi-not; bhaje-serve; sva-karma karite-performing his duty in life; se-that person; raurave-in a hellish condition; padi'-falling down; maje-becomes immersed.
TRANSLATION
"The followers of the varnasrama institution accept the regulative principles of the four social orders [brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra] and four spiritual orders [brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa]. However, if one carries out the regulative principles of these orders but does not render transcendental service to Krsna, he falls into the hellish condition of material life.
One may be a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, or one may perfectly follow the spiritual principles of brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa, but ultimately one falls down into a hellish condition unless one becomes a devotee. Without developing one's dormant Krsna consciousness, one cannot be factually elevated. The regulative principles of varnasrama-dharma in themselves are insufficient for attainment of the highest perfection. That is confirmed in the following two quotations from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.2-3).
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