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ya esam purusam saksad-

atma-prabhavam isvaram

na bhajanty avajananti

sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah

SYNONYMS

ye—anyone who; esam—of those divisions of social and spiritual orders; purusam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saksat—directly; atma-prabhavam—the source of everyone; isvaram—the supreme controller; na—not; bhajanti—worship; avajananti—or who neglect; sthanat—from their proper place; bhrastah—being fallen; patanti—fall; adhah—downward into hellish conditions " ’If one simply maintains an official position in the four varnas and asramas but does not worship the Supreme Lord Visnu, he falls down from his puffed-up position into a heIlish condition.’