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daksina desera loka aneka prakara

keha jnani, keha karmi, pasandi apara

SYNONYMS

daksina desera—of South India; loka—people; aneka—many; prakara—varieties; keha—someone; jnani—philosophical speculator; keha—someone; karmi—fruitive worker; pasandi—nondevotees; apara—innumerable.

In South India there were many types of people.

Some were philosophical speculators, and some were fruitive workers, but in any case there were innumerable nondevotees.