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A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.44 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 25, 1970 in Surat, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.44

sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi

 viparītāni cānaghāḥ

kāriṇāṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sti

 dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt

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.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42-43 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 24, 1970 in Surat, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42

sūryo ’gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥ

 somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ

kaṁ kuḥ svayaṁ dharma iti

 hy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ

The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all witness the activities of the living entity.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.43

etair adharmo vijñātaḥ

 sthānaṁ daṇḍasya yujyate

sarve karmānurodhena

 daṇḍam arhanti kāriṇaḥ

The candidates for punishment are those who are confirmed by these many witnesses to have deviated from their prescribed regulative duties. Everyone engaged in fruitive activities is suitable to be subjected to punishment according to his sinful acts.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.41-42 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 23, 1970 in Surat, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.41

yena sva-dhāmny amī bhāvā

 rajaḥ-sattva-tamomayāḥ

guṇa-nāma-kriyā-rūpair

 vibhāvyante yathā-tatham

The supreme cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, is situated in His own abode in the spiritual world, but nevertheless He controls the entire cosmic manifestation according to the three modes of material nature — sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. In this way all living entities are awarded different qualities, different names [such as brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya], different duties according to the varṇāśrama institution, and different forms. Thus Nārāyaṇa is the cause of the entire cosmic manifestation.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42

sūryo ’gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥ

 somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ

kaṁ kuḥ svayaṁ dharma iti

 hy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ

The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all witness the activities of the living entity.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.40 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 22, 1970 in Surat, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.40

yamadūtā ūcuḥ

veda-praṇihito dharmo

 hy adharmas tad-viparyayaḥ

vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāt

 svayambhūr iti śuśruma

The Yamadūtas replied: That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, and are self-born. This we have heard from Yamarāja.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.39-40 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 21, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.38 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 20, 1970 in Surat, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.38

śrī-viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ

yūyaṁ vai dharma-rājasya

 yadi nirdeśa-kāriṇaḥ

brūta dharmasya nas tattvaṁ

 yac cādharmasya lakṣaṇam

The blessed messengers of Lord Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, said: If you are actually servants of Yamarāja, you must explain to us the meaning of religious principles and the symptoms of irreligion.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.34-39 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 19, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.32-33 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 17, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27-34 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 16, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 15, 1970 in Indore, India.

Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27

sa evaṁ vartamāno ’jño

 mṛtyu-kāla upasthite

matiṁ cakāra tanaye

 bāle nārāyaṇāhvaye

When the time of death arrived for the foolish Ajāmila, he began thinking exclusively of his son Nārāyaṇa.