Text 32] Further Inquiries by Vidura 291

jwasya gatayo yas ca
yavatir guna-karmajah

pasanda-patha—the path of the faithless; vaisamyam—imperfection by
contradiction; pratiloma—crossbreeding; nivesanam—situation; jivasya—of
the living entities; gatayah—movements; yah—as they are; ca—also; yavatih—
as many as; gupa—modes of material nature; karmajah—generated by
different work.

TRANSLATION

Please also describe the imperfections and contradictions of the faithless
atheists, the situation of crossbreeding, and the movements of the living
entities in various species of life according to their particular modes of
nature and work.

PURPORT

The combination of living entities in different modes of material nature
is called crossbreeding. The faithless atheists do not believe in the existence
of God, and thus their paths of philosophy are contradictory. Atheistic
philosophies never agree with one another. Different species of life are
evidence of varieties of mixtures of the modes of material nature.

TEXT 32

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Tra qwerty BTA a AAT TAH 32

dharmartha-kama-moksanam
nimittany avirodhatah

vartaya danda-nites ca
Srutasya ca vidhim prthak

dharma—religiosity ; artha—economic development; kama—sense gratifi-
cation; moksanam—salvation; nimittani—causes; avirodhatah—without being
contradictory; vartayah—on the principles of the means of livelihood;
danda-niteh—of law and order; ca—also; srutasya—of the codes of scriptures;
ca—also; vidhim—regulations; prthak—different.

TRANSLATION

You may also describe the noncontradictory causes of religiosity,
economic development, sense gratification and salvation and also the
