Text 18] Questions by King Partksit 44]

energy without any obligation to the laws of material nature, and thus His
activities are also uncommon. The specific activities of the Lord are
mentioned, and one should know that the activities of the Lord and the
Lord are identical due to being on the absolute plane. Thus to hear the
activities of the Lord means to associate with the Lord directly, and
association of the Lord directly means purification from material con-
tamination. We have already discussed this point in the First Volume.

TEXT 18

It ArT Ia: ATT AVA: |
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ATTA AAU TIA: HeST STAT 112 cl

nrnam sddharano dharmah
savisesas ca yadrsah

Srenindm rajarsinam ca
dharmah krcchresu jivatam

nmdm—of human society; sddhdranah—general; dharmah —religious
affiliation; sa-visesah—specific; ca—also; yddrsah—as they are: sreninam—of
the particular three classes; rdjarsindm—of the saintly royal order; ca—also;
dharmah—occupational duty; krechresu—in the matter of distressed
conditions; jivatam—of the living beings.

TRANSLATION

Please also explain what may generally be the common religious
affiliations of human society, as well as their specific occupational duties
in religion, the classification of the social orders as well as the admin-
istrative royal orders, and the religious principles for one who may be in
the distressed condition of life.

PURPORT
The common religion of all classes of human beings, regardless of who-

soever and whatsoever one may be, is devotional service. Even the animals
may be included in devotional service to the Lord, and the best example
