1214 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 26
ya evam karma niyatam
vidvan kurvita manavah
karmana tena rajendra
jiianena na sa lipyate

yah—anyone who; evam—thus; karma—activities; niyatam—regulated;
vidvan—learned; kurvita—should perform; mdnavah—a human being;
karmana—by such activities; tena—by this; raja-indra—O King; jianena—by
advancement of knowledge; na—never; sah—he; lipyate—becomes involved.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued to speak to King Pracinabarhisat: My dear King,
any person who works according to the directions of the Vedic scriptures
does not become involved in fruitive activities.

PURPORT

Just as a government may issue trade licenses in order for its citizens to
act in a certain way, the Vedas contain injunctions that restrain and regulate
all of our fruitive activities. All living entities have come into this material
world to enjoy themselves. Consequently the Vedas are given to regulate
sense enjoyment. One who enjoys his senses under the Vedic regulative
principles does not become entangled in the actions and reactions of his
activities. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

yajnarthat karmano ‘nyatra
loko ’yam karma-bandhanah
tad-artham karma kaunteya
mukta-sangah samdacara
“Work done as a sacrifice for Visnu has to be performed, otherwise work
binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti, perform your
prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always
remain unattached and free from bondage.” (Bg. 3.9)

A human being is especially meant to attain liberation from the bondage
of birth, death, old age and disease. He is therefore directed by the Vedic
regulative principles to work in such a way that he may fulfill his desires
for sense gratification and at the same time gradually become freed from
material bondage. Action according to such principles is called knowledge.
Indeed, the word veda means knowledge. The words jfidnena na sa lipyate
