🪷 ŚB 11.21.16

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

क्व‍‍चिद् गुणोऽपि दोष: स्याद् दोषोऽपि विधिना गुण: ।
गुणदोषार्थनियमस्तद्भ‍िदामेव बाधते ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

kvacid guṇo ’pi doṣaḥ syād
doṣo ’pi vidhinā guṇaḥ
guṇa-doṣārtha-niyamas
tad-bhidām eva bādhate

Synonyms

kvacit — sometimes; guṇaḥ — piety; api — even; doṣaḥ — sin; syāt — becomes; doṣaḥ — sin; api — also; vidhinā — on the strength of Vedic injunction; guṇaḥ — piety; guṇa-doṣa — to piety and sin; artha — regarding; niyamaḥ — restrictive regulation; tat — of them; bhidām — the distinction; eva — actually; bādhate — undoes.

Translation

Sometimes piety becomes sin, and sometimes what is ordinarily sin becomes piety on the strength of Vedic injunctions. Such special rules in effect eradicate the clear distinction between piety and sin.

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