304 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 8

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dharmah kvacit tatra na bhita-sauhrdam
tyagah kvacit tatra na mukti-karanam

viryam na purso ’sty aja-vega-niskrtarn
na hi dvitiyo guna-sarga-varjitah

dharmah—religion; kvacit—one may have full knowledge of; tatra—
therein; na—not; bhita-sauhrdam—friendship with other living en-
tities; tyagah—renunciation; kvacit—one may possess; tatra—therein;
na—not; mukti-karanam—the cause of liberation; viryam—power;
na—not; pumsah—of any person; asti—there may be; aja-vega-
niskrtam—no release from the power of time; na—nor; hi—indeed;
dvitiyah—the second one; guna-sanga-varjitah—completely freed from
the contamination of the modes of nature.

TRANSLATION

Someone may possess full knowledge of religion but still not be
kind to all living entities. In someone, whether human or
demigod, there may be renunciation, but that is not the cause of
liberation. Someone may possess great power and yet be unable to
check the power of eternal time. Someone else may have
renounced attachment to the material world, yet he cannot com-
pare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, no one is
completely freed from the influence of the material modes of
nature.

PURPORT

The statement dharmah kvacit tatra na bhita-sauhrdam is very im-
portant in this verse. We actually see that there are many Hindus,
Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and religionists of other cults who adhere
to their religious principles very nicely but are not equal to all living en-
tities. Indeed, although they profess to be very religious, they kill poor
animals. Such religion has no meaning. Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.8)
says:
