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Şَرْقُ قاتلا يُوجد دُمشق خانيات جي ميزان جو مقر عام.
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religion is that by which one becomes fully conscious of the existence of God, His form, name, qualities, pastimes, abode and all-pervasive features. When everything is completely known, that is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. The fulfillment of Vedic knowledge is systematic knowledge of the characteristics of God. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15):  vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ . The aim of Vedic knowledge is to understand God. Those who are actually following Vedic knowledge and searching after God cannot commit sinful activities against the Supreme Lord's order. However, in this age of Kali, although men profess to belong to so many different kinds of religion, most of them commit sinful activities against the orders of the Vedic scriptures. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore says herein:  veda-niṣiddha pāpa kare, dharma nāhi gaṇe . In this age, men may profess a religion, but they actually do not follow the principles. Instead, they commit all kinds of sin.
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ਖਖੀਂ  ) ਖਿਡਾਰੀ-ਸੁਖਾਈ ਕੁਝ ‘ਕਖੀਂ’ ਨਹੀਂ ।
কোটি-কর্মনিষ্ঠ-মধ্যে এক ‘জ্ঞানী’ প্রেষ্ঠ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
dharmācāri-madhye bahuta ‘karma-niṣṭha’ koṭi-karma-niṣṭha-madhye eka ‘jñānī’ śreṣṭha
SYNONYMS
dharma-ācāri-madhye —among persons who actually follow the Vedic principles or religious system;  bahuta —many of them;  karma-niṣṭha —attracted to fruitive activities;  koṭi-karma-niṣṭha-madhye —among millions of such performers of fruitive activities according to Vedic principles;  eka —one;  jñānī —wise man;  śreṣṭha —the chief.
TRANSLATION
“Among the followers of Vedic knowledge, most are following the process of fruitive activity and distinguishing between good and bad work. Out of many such sincere fruitive actors, there may be one who is actually wise.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura states that the word  karma-niṣṭha  refers to one who aspires to enjoy the results of his good work and pious activity. Some followers of Vedic principles offer everything to the Absolute Truth and do not aspire to enjoy the results of their pious actions. These are also considered among the  karma-niṣṭhas . Sometimes we see pious men earn money with great hardship and then spend the money for some pious cause by opening public charities,