Srimad Bhagavatam

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श्रीशुक उवाच कर्मणा कर्मनिर्हारो न ह्यात्यन्तिक इष्यते । अविद्वदधिकारित्वात्प्रायश्चित्तं विमर्शनम् ।। ६-१-११ ।।

sanskrit

Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vedavyāsa, answered: My dear King, since acts meant to neutralize impious actions are also fruitive, they will not release one from the tendency to act fruitively. Persons who subject themselves to the rules and regulations of atonement are not at all intelligent. Indeed, they are in the mode of darkness. Unless one is freed from the mode of ignorance, trying to counteract one action through another is useless because this will not uproot one’s desires. Thus even though one may superficially seem pious, he will undoubtedly be prone to act impiously. Therefore real atonement is enlightenment in perfect knowledge, Vedānta, by which one understands the Supreme Absolute Truth. ।। 6-1-11 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

zrIzuka uvAca karmaNA karmanirhAro na hyAtyantika iSyate | avidvadadhikAritvAtprAyazcittaM vimarzanam || 6-1-11 ||

hk transliteration