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agents of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the person is
punished in so many ways. Presently in Kali-yuga there are many preg-
nancies due to illicit sex, and sometimes abortions ensue. These sinful ac-
tivities are witnessed by the agents of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. and a man and woman who create such a situation are
punished in the future by the stringent laws of material nature (daivi hy
esd gunamayi mama maya duratyaya). Illicit sex is never excused, and
those who indulge in it are punished life after life. As confirmed in

Bhagavad-gita (16.20):

asurim yonim adpanna
midha janmani janmani

mam aprapyaiva kaunteya
tato yanty adhamam gatim

Attaining repeated birth among the species of demoniac life, such per-
sons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most
abominable type of existence.”

The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not allow anyone to act
against the stringent laws of material nature: therefore illicit sex is
punished life after life. Illicit sex creates pregnancies. and these un-
wanted pregnancies lead to abortion. Those involved become implicated
in these sins. so much so that they are punished in the same way the next
life. Thus in the next life they also enter the womb of a mother and are
killed in the same way. All these things can be avoided by remaining on
the transcendental platform of Krsna consciousness. In this way one does
not commit sinful activity. Illicit sex is the most prominent sin due to
lusty desire. When one associates with the mode of passion. he is impli-
cated in suffering life after life.

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