Devanagari
ये त्विहासक्तमनस: कर्मसु श्रद्धयान्विता: ।
कुर्वन्त्यप्रतिषिद्धानि नित्यान्यपि च कृत्स्नश: ॥ १६ ॥
Verse text
ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥ
karmasu śraddhayānvitāḥ
kurvanty apratiṣiddhāni
nityāny api ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
Synonyms
ye
—
those who
;
tu
—
but
;
iha
—
in this world
;
āsakta
—
addicted
;
manasaḥ
—
whose minds
;
karmasu
—
to fruitive activities
;
śraddhayā
—
with faith
;
anvitāḥ
—
endowed
;
kurvanti
—
perform
;
apratiṣiddhāni
—
with attachment to the result
;
nityāni
—
prescribed duties
;
api
—
certainly
;
ca
—
and
;
kṛtsnaśaḥ
—
repeatedly .
Translation
Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
With minds attached to this world, with faith in prescribed duties, they perform kāmya-karmas and nitya-karmas to the fullest extent.
Because of their absence of bhakti, Brahmā and others return to the place where people perform sakāma-karma. This is criticized in six verses. They perform kāmyā (apratisiddhāni) as well as daily duties (nityāni). These (though recommended in scriptures) are criticized. What to speak then of performing sinful actions!
Purport
In this and the following six verses, the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
criticizes persons who are too materially attached. It is enjoined in the Vedic scriptures that those who are attached to the enjoyment of material facilities have to sacrifice and undergo certain ritualistic performances. They have to observe certain rules and regulations in their daily lives to be elevated to the heavenly planets. It is stated in this verse that such persons cannot be liberated at any time. Those who worship demigods with the consciousness that each and every demigod is a separate God cannot be elevated to the spiritual world, what to speak of persons who are simply attached to duties for the upliftment of their material condition.