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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 8]
वीर्यं न पुंसोऽस्त्यजवेगनिष्कृतं न हि द्वितीयो गुणसङ्गवर्जितः ॥२१॥
dharmaḥ kvacit tatra na bhūta-sauhṛdam tyāgaḥ kvacit tatra na mukti-kāraṇam vīryam na puṁso 'sty aja-vega-niṣkṛtam na hi dvitīyo guṇa-saṅga-varjitaḥ
dharmaḥ —religion;  kvacit —one may have full knowledge of;  tatra —therein;  na —not;  bhūta-sauhṛdam —friendship with other living entities;  tyāgaḥ —renunciation;  kvacit —one may possess;  tatra —therein;  na —not;  mukti-kāraṇam —the cause of liberation;  vīryam —power;  na —not;  puṁsaḥ —of any person;  asti —there may be;  aja-vega-niṣkṛtam —no release from the power of time;  na —nor;  hi —indeed;  dvitīyaḥ —the second one;  guṇa-saṅga-varjitaḥ —completely freed from the contamination of the modes of nature.
TRANSLATION
Someone may possess full knowledge of religion but still not be kind to all living entities. In someone, whether human or demigod, there may be renunciation, but that is not the cause of liberation. Someone may possess great power and yet be unable to check the power of eternal time. Someone else may have renounced attachment to the material world, yet he cannot compare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, no one is completely freed from the influence of the material modes of nature.
PURPORT
The statement  dharmaḥ kvacit tatra na bhūta-sauhṛdam  is very important in this verse. We actually see that there are many Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and religionists of other cults who adhere to their religious principles very nicely but are not equal to all living entities. Indeed, although they profess to be very religious, they kill poor animals. Such religion has no meaning.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.8) says: