Canto & Chapters
The Status Quo (33 Chapters)
Chapter 145v
Questions by Vidura
Chapter 234v
Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 328v
The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana
Chapter 436v
Vidura Approaches Maitreya
Chapter 551v
Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya
Chapter 640v
Creation of the Universal Form
Chapter 742v
Further Inquires by Vidura
Chapter 833v
Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
Chapter 943v
Brahmā’s Prayers for Creative Energy
Chapter 1029v
Divisions of the Creation
Chapter 1142v
Calculation of Time, from the Atom
Chapter 1257v
Creation of the Kumāras and Others
Chapter 1350v
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
Chapter 1450v
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
Chapter 1550v
Description of the Kingdom of God
Chapter 1637v
The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages
Chapter 1731v
Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
Chapter 1827v
The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
Chapter 1938v
The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
Chapter 2053v
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
Chapter 2150v
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
Chapter 2237v
The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti
Chapter 2354v
Devahūti’s Lamentation
Chapter 2446v
The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
Chapter 2543v
The Glories of Devotional Service
Chapter 2671v
Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
Chapter 2729v
Understanding Material Nature
Chapter 2844v
Kapila’s Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service
Chapter 2943v
Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila
Chapter 3034v
Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities
Chapter 3147v
Lord Kapila’s Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities
Chapter 3238v
Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
Chapter 3336v
Activities of Kapila
Canto 3, Chapter 30
Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities
Verse 31 (SB 3.30.31)
SB 3.30.31 • मूल श्लोक
एक: प्रपद्यते ध्वान्तं हित्वेदं स्वकलेवरम् । कुशलेतरपाथेयो भूतद्रोहेण यद्भृतम् ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
ekaḥ prapadyate dhvāntaṁ hitvedaṁ sva-kalevaram kuśaletara-pātheyo bhūta-droheṇa yad bhṛtam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
ekaḥ — alone; prapadyate — he enters; dhvāntam — darkness; hitvā — after quitting; idam — this; sva — his; kalevaram — body; kuśala-itara — sin; pātheyaḥ — his passage money; bhūta — to other living entities; droheṇa — by injury; yat — which body; bhṛtam — was maintained.
Translation
“He goes alone to the darkest regions of hell after quitting the present body, and the money he acquired by envying other living entities is the passage money with which he leaves this world.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaWhen a man earns money by unfair means and maintains his family and himself with that money, the money is enjoyed by many members of the family, but he alone goes to hell. A person who enjoys life by earning money or by envying another’s life, and who enjoys with family and friends, will have to enjoy alone the resultant sinful reactions accrued from such violent and illicit life. For example, if a man secures some money by killing someone and with that money maintains his family, those who enjoy the black money earned by him are also partially responsible and are also sent to hell, but he who is the leader is especially punished. The result of material enjoyment is that one takes with him the sinful reaction only, and not the money. The money he earned is left in this world, and he takes only the reaction.
In this world also, if a person acquires some money by murdering someone, the family is not hanged, although its members are sinfully contaminated. But the man who commits the murder and maintains his family is himself hanged as a murderer. The direct offender is more responsible for sinful activities than the indirect enjoyer. The great learned scholar Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, therefore, that whatever one has in his possession had better be spent for the cause of sat, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because one cannot take his possessions with him. They remain here, and they will be lost. Either we leave the money or the money leaves us, but we will be separated. The best use of money as long as it is within our possession is to spend it to acquire Kṛṣṇa consciousness.