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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
TEXT 33
अर्थेन्द्रियार्थमिच्यानं सर्वार्थपह्नवो नृणाम् ।  
 अंशितो ज्ञानविज्ञानाद्येनाविशति मुख्यताम् ॥३३॥
arthendriyārthābhidhyānam 
  sarvārthāpahnavo nṛṇām 
  bhramśito jñāna-vijñānād 
  yenāviśati mukhyatām
artha—riches; indriya-artha— for the satisfaction of the senses; abhidhyānam—constantly thinking of; sarva-artha—four kinds of achievements; apahnavaḥ—destructive; nṛṇām—of human society; bhramśitaḥ—being devoid of; jñāna—knowledge; vijñānāt—devotional service; yena—by all this; āviśati—enters; mukhyatām—immovable life.
TRANSLATION
For human society, constantly thinking of how to earn money and apply it for sense gratification brings about the destruction of everyone's interests. When one becomes devoid of knowledge and devotional service, he enters into species of life like those of trees and stones.
PURPORT
Jñāna , or knowledge, means to understand one's constitutional position, and  vijñāna  refers to practical application of that knowledge in life. In the human form of life, one should come to the position of  jñāna  and  vijñāna , but despite this great opportunity if one does not develop knowledge and practical application of knowledge through the help of a spiritual master and the  śāstras —in other words, if one misuses this opportunity—then in the next life he is sure to be born in a species of nonmoving living entities. Nonmoving living entities include hills, mountains, trees, plants, etc. This stage of life is called  puṇyatām  or  mukhyatām , namely, making all activities zero. Philosophers who support stopping all activities are called  śūnyavādī . By nature's own way, our activities are to be gradually diverted to devotional service. But there are philosophers who, instead of purifying their activities, try to make everything zero, or void of all activities. This lack of activity is represented by the trees and the hills. This is a kind of punishment inflicted by the laws of nature. If we do not properly execute our mission of life in self-realization, nature's punishment will render us inactive by putting us in the form of trees and hills. Therefore activities directed towards sense gratification are condemned herein. One who is