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TEXT 142
ya esam purusam saksad
atma-prabhavam isvaram
na bhajanty avajananti
sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah
SYNONYMS
yethose who; esamof those divisions of social and spiritual orders; purusamthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; saksatdirectly; atma-prabhavamthe source of everyone; isvaramthe supreme controller; nado not; bhajantiworship; avajanantior who neglect; sthanatfrom their proper place; bhrastahbeing fallen; patantifall; adhahdownward into hellish conditions.
TRANSLATION
" 'If one simply maintains an official position in the four varnas and asramas but does not worship the Supreme Lord Visnu, he falls down from his puffed up position into a hellish condition.'
PURPORT
This is also a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.3).
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