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indicate that by following the Vedic principles, one does not become
involved in the actions and reactions of his fruitive activities.

Everyone is therefore advised to act in terms of the Vedic injunctions
and not irresponsibly. When a person within a state acts according to the
laws and licenses of the government, he does not become involved in
criminal activities. Man-made laws, however, are always defective because
they are made by men who are prone to committing mistakes, being
illusioned, cheating and having imperfect senses. The Vedic instructions
are different because they do not have these four defects. Vedic instructions
are not subject to mistakes. The knowledge of the Vedas is knowledge
received directly from God, and there is consequently no question of
illusion, cheating, mistakes or imperfect senses. All Vedic knowledge is
perfect because it is received directly from God by the parampara disciplic
succession. In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said: tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye
(Bhag. 1.1.1). The original creature of this universe, known as the ddi-kavi,
or Lord Brahma, was instructed by Krsna through the heart. After receiving
these Vedic instructions from Lord Krsna Himself, Brahma distributed the
knowledge by the parampara system to Narada, and Narada in turn dis-
tributed the knowledge to Vyasa. In this way Vedic knowledge is perfect.
If we act according to Vedic knowledge, there is no question of being
involved in sinful activities.

TEXT 8
HAT BA FAUT ASS AeA |
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anyatha karma kurvdano
manariidho nibadhyate

guna-pravaha-patito
nasta-prajiio vrajaty adhah

anyatha—otherwise; karma—fruitive activities; kurvanah—while acting;
madna-aridhah—being influenced by false prestige; nibadhyate—one becomes
entangled; guna-pravaha—by the influence of the material qualities;
patitah—fallen; nasta-prajriah—bereft of all intelligence; vrajati—thus he
goes; adhah—down.
TRANSLATION

Otherwise a person who acts whimsically falls down due to false prestige.
Thus he becomes involved in the laws of nature, which are composed of
