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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.14.46

తస్య వంశ్యాస్తు నైషాదా గిరికాననగోచరా: । యేనాహరజ్జాయమానో వేనకల్మషముల్బణమ్ ॥ ౪౬ ॥
tasya vaṁśyās tu naiṣādā
[tasya vamshyaas tu naishaadaa]
giri-kānana-gocarāḥ
[giri-kaanana-gocharaah]
yenāharaj jāyamāno
[yenaaharaj jaayamaano]
vena-kalmaṣam ulbaṇam
[vena-kalmasham ulbanam]
tasya — his (Niṣāda’s) vaṁśyāḥ — descendants tu — then naiṣādāḥ — called Naiṣādas giri-kānana — the hills and forests gocarāḥ — inhabiting yena — because aharat — he took upon himself jāyamānaḥ — being born vena — of King Vena kalmaṣam — all kinds of sin ulbaṇam — very fearful.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasya vaṁśyās tu naiṣādā
tasya
his (Niṣāda’s)
vaṁśyāḥ
descendants
tu
then
naiṣādāḥ
called Naiṣādas
giri-kānana-gocarāḥ
giri-kānana
the hills and forests
gocarāḥ
inhabiting
yenāharaj jāyamāno
yena
because
aharat
he took upon himself
jāyamānaḥ
being born
vena-kalmaṣam ulbaṇam
vena
of King Vena
kalmaṣam
all kinds of sin
ulbaṇam
very fearful.
After his [Niṣāda’s] birth, he immediately took charge of all the resultant actions of King Vena’s sinful activities. As such, this Naiṣāda class are always engaged in sinful activities like stealing, plundering and hunting. Consequently they are only allowed to live in the hills and forests.

The Naiṣādas are not allowed to live in cities and towns because they are sinful by nature. As such, their bodies are very ugly, and their occupations are also sinful. We should, however, know that even these sinful men (who are sometimes called Kirātas) can be delivered from their sinful condition to the topmost Vaiṣṇava platform by the mercy of a pure devotee. Engagement in the transcendental loving devotional service of the Lord can make anyone, however sinful he may be, fit to return home, back to Godhead. One has only to become free from all contamination by the process of devotional service. In this way everyone can become fit to return home, back to Godhead. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (9.32) :

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim

“O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter of Me, though they be of lower birth — women, vaiśyas [merchants] as well as śūdras [workers] — can approach the supreme destination.”

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Story of King Vena.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Because accepting the terrible sins of Vena on being born, his descendents, the Naiṣādas, inhabit the mountains and forests. By being born and taking the sins of Vena, he took low birth as a Niṣāda, and his descendents the Naiṣādas were very low in birth. Thus ends the commentary on the Fourteenth Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Fifteen The Appearance of Pṛthu
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