Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.44
సమ్భవన్తి హి భద్రాణి విపరీతాని చానఘా: ।
కారిణాం గుణసఙ్గోఽస్తి దేహవాన్న హ్యకర్మకృత్ ॥ ౪౪ ॥
sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi
[sambhavanti hi bhadraani]
viparītāni cānaghāḥ
[vipareetaani chaanaghaah]
kāriṇāṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sti
[kaarinaam guna-sango ’sti]
dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt
[dehavaan na hy akarma-krit]
Word-for-word
sambhavanti
—
there are
hi
—
indeed
bhadrāṇi
—
auspicious, pious activities
viparītāni
—
just the opposite (inauspicious, sinful activities)
ca
—
also
anaghāḥ
—
O sinless inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha
kāriṇām
—
of the fruitive workers
guṇa-saṅgaḥ
—
contamination of the three modes of nature
asti
—
there is
deha-vān
—
anyone who has accepted this material body
na
—
not
hi
—
indeed
akarma-kṛt
—
without performing action.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi
sambhavanti
there are
hi
indeed
bhadrāṇi
auspicious, pious activities
viparītāni cānaghāḥ
viparītāni
just the opposite (inauspicious, sinful activities)
ca
also
anaghāḥ
O sinless inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha
kāriṇāṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sti
kāriṇām
of the fruitive workers
guṇa-saṅgaḥ
contamination of the three modes of nature
asti
there is
dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt
deha-vān
anyone who has accepted this material body
na
not
hi
indeed
akarma-kṛt
without performing action.
O inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha, you are sinless, but those within this material world are all karmīs, whether acting piously or impiously. Both kinds of action are possible for them because they are contaminated by the three modes of nature and must act accordingly. One who has accepted a material body cannot be inactive, and sinful action is inevitable for one acting under the modes of material nature. Therefore all the living entities within this material world are punishable.
Purport
The difference between human beings and nonhuman beings is that a human is supposed to act according to the direction of the Vedas. Unfortunately, men manufacture their own ways of acting, without reference to the Vedas. Therefore all of them commit sinful actions and are punishable.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O sinless messengers! Pious and sinful acts arise for all persons who perform acts, because all humans are associated with the guṇas and cannot avoid action.
This verse explains the reason why everyone is subject to punishment. Viparītāni means sinful acts. All persons perform pious and sinful acts because all actors are associated with the guṇas. The guṇas are causes of pious or sinful acts. To say a person is has a whole life of dharma or adharma is a general designation. “You say that the actions arise because of association with the guṇas. What if someone does not act at all? He should not be punished.” All humans (dehavān) perform actions. Non-action of humans is contrary to perception.
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