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Description of Adverse Fruitive Activities
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eternal profit. It may be argued that when a man leaves his money earned by sinful activities, then he also leaves his sinful activities here with his money. But it is especially mentioned herein that by superior arrangement, ( daivenāsāditam ), although the man leaves behind him his sinfully earned money, he carries the effect of it. When a man steals some money, if he is caught and agrees to return it, he is not freed from the criminal punishment. By the law of the state, even though he returns the money, he has to undergo the punishment. Similarly, the money which is earned by a criminal process may be left by the man when dying, but by superior arrangement he carries with him the effect, and therefore he has to suffer hellish life.
TEXT 33
केवलेन ह्यधर्मेण कुटुम्बमरणोत्सुकः ।
याति जीवोऽन्धतामिस्रं चरमं तमसः पदम् ॥३३॥
kevalena hy adharmeṇa kuṭumba-bharaṇotsukaḥ yāti jīvo 'ndha-tāmisraṁ caramaṁ tamasaḥ padam
kevalena —simply;  hi —certainly;  adharmeṇa —by irreligious activities;  kuṭumba —family;  bharaṇa —to maintain;  utsukaḥ —eager;  yāti —goes;  jīvaḥ —a person;  andha-tāmisram —to Andha-tāmisra;  caramam —ultimate;  tamasaḥ —of darkness;  padam —region.
TRANSLATION
Therefore a person who is very eager to maintain his family and kinsmen simply by black methods certainly goes to the darkest region of hell, which is known as Andha-tāmisra.
PURPORT
Three words in this verse are very significant.  Kevalena  means only by black methods,  adharmeṇa  means unrighteous or irreligious, and  kuṭumba-bharaṇa  means family maintenance. Maintaining one's family is certainly the duty of a householder, but one should be eager to earn his livelihood by the prescribed method, as stated in the scriptures. In  Bhagavadātā  it is described that the Lord has divided the social system into four