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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.31

పాషణ్డపథవైషమ్యం ప్రతిలోమనివేశనమ్ । జీవస్య గతయో యాశ్చ యావతీర్గుణకర్మజా: ॥ ౩౧ ॥
pāṣaṇḍa-patha-vaiṣamyaṁ
[paashanda-patha-vaishamyam]
pratiloma-niveśanam
[pratiloma-niveshanam]
jīvasya gatayo yāś ca
[jeevasya gatayo yaash cha]
yāvatīr guṇa-karmajāḥ
[yaavateer guna-karmajaah]
Word-for-word
pāṣaṇḍa-patha — the path of the faithless vaiṣamyam — imperfection by contradiction pratiloma — crossbreeding niveśanam — situation jīvasya — of the living entities gatayaḥ — movements yāḥ — as they are ca — also yāvatīḥ — as many as guṇa — modes of material nature karma-jāḥ — generated by different work.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pāṣaṇḍa-patha-vaiṣamyaṁ
pāṣaṇḍa-patha
the path of the faithless
vaiṣamyam
imperfection by contradiction
pratiloma-niveśanam
pratiloma
crossbreeding
niveśanam
situation
jīvasya gatayo yāś ca
jīvasya
of the living entities
gatayaḥ
movements
yāḥ
as they are
ca
also
yāvatīr guṇa-karmajāḥ
yāvatīḥ
as many as
guṇa
modes of material nature
karma-jāḥ
generated by different work.
Please also describe the imperfections and contradictions of the faithless atheists, the situation of crossbreeding, and the movements of the living entities in various species of life according to their particular modes of nature and work.
Purport

The combination of living entities in different modes of material nature is called crossbreeding. The faithless atheists do not believe in the existence of God, and thus their paths of philosophy are contradictory. Atheistic philosophies never agree with one another. Different species of life are evidence of varieties of mixtures of the modes of material nature.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Please describe the trouble caused by the path of the pāṣaṇḍas, the situation of pratiloma progeny, and the destinations of the jīvas according to qualities and actions. Pāṣaṇḍa-patha-vaiṣamyam means the disturbance caused by path of the pāsaṇḍas. Pratiloma refers to products of mixed caste where the mother’s caste is higher than the father’s, such as the sūtas (brāhmaṇa mother, kṣatriya father).
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