CC Madhya 22.112
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 112
য এষাং পুরুষং সাক্ষাদাত্ম-প্রভবমীশ্বরম্ ।
ন ভজন্ত্যবজানন্তি স্থানাদ্ ভ্রষ্টাঃ পতন্ত্যধঃ ॥ ১১২ ॥
ন ভজন্ত্যবজানন্তি স্থানাদ্ ভ্রষ্টাঃ পতন্ত্যধঃ ॥ ১১২ ॥
ya eṣāṁ puruṣaṁ sākṣād
ātma-prabhavam īśvaram
na bhajanty avajānanti
sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ
ātma-prabhavam īśvaram
na bhajanty avajānanti
sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ
Word by word
ye — those who; eṣām — of those divisions of social and spiritual orders; puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣāt — directly; ātma-prabhavam — the source of everyone; īśvaram — the supreme controller; na — not; bhajanti — worship; avajānanti — or who neglect; sthānāt — from their proper place; bhraṣṭāḥ — being fallen; patanti — fall; adhaḥ — downward into hellish conditions.
Translation
“If one simply maintains an official position in the four varṇas and āśramas but does not worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, he falls down from his puffed-up position into a hellish condition.”