Text 27] The Process of Devotional Service 337

TEXT 26

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MSI SACS CM CHATS AFB’ ACH Vw I

cari varnasrami yadi krsna nahi bhaje
svakarma karite se raurave padi’ maje

SYNONYMS

cari varna-asrami —followers of the four social and spiritual orders of life; yadi—
if; krsaa—Lord Krsna; nahi—not; bhaje—serve; sva-karma karite—performing his
duty in life; se—that person; raurave—in a hellish condition; padi’—falling down;
maje—becomes immersed.

TRANSLATION

“The followers of the varnasrama institution accept the regulative prin-
ciples of the four social orders [brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and siidra] and four
spiritual orders [brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa]. However,
if one carries out the regulative principles of these orders but does not render
transcendental service to Krsna, he falls into the hellish condition of material
life.

PURPORT

One may be a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or stdra, or one may perfectly follow
the spiritual principles of brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannydsa, but
ultimately one falls down into a hellish condition unless one becomes a devotee.
Without developing one’s dormant Krsna consciousness, one cannot be factually
elevated. The regulative principles of varnasrama-dharma in themselves are in-
sufficient for attainment of the highest perfection. That is confirmed in the
following two quotations from $rimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.2-3).

TEXT 27

FANHATCH SI: APSHA AE
BUTEA Bars afi otafeariwas Yaga 29 0

mukha-bahdru-padebhyah
purusasyasramaih saha

catvaro jajfire varna
gunair vipradayah prthak
