Canto & Chapters
Prescribed Duties for Mankind (19 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Canto 6, Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Verse 39 (SB 6.1.39)
SB 6.1.39 • मूल श्लोक
कथं स्विद् ध्रियते दण्ड: किं वास्य स्थानमीप्सितम् । दण्ड्या: किं कारिण: सर्वे आहो स्वित्कतिचिन्नृणाम् ॥ ३९ ॥
Transliteration
kathaṁ svid dhriyate daṇḍaḥ kiṁ vāsya sthānam īpsitam daṇḍyāḥ kiṁ kāriṇaḥ sarve āho svit katicin nṛṇām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
katham svit — by which means; dhriyate — is imposed; daṇḍaḥ — punishment; kim — what; vā — or; asya — of this; sthānam — the place; īpsitam — desirable; daṇḍyāḥ — punishable; kim — whether; kāriṇaḥ — fruitive actors; sarve — all; āho svit — or whether; katicit — some; nṛṇām — of the human beings.
Translation
“What is the process of punishing others? Who are the actual candidates for punishment? Are all karmīs engaged in fruitive activities punishable, or only some of them?”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaOne who has the power to punish others should not punish everyone. There are innumerable living entities, the majority of whom are in the spiritual world and are nitya-mukta, everlastingly liberated. There is no question of judging these liberated living beings. Only a small fraction of the living entities, perhaps one fourth, are in the material world. And the major portion of the living entities in the material world — 8,000,000 of the 8,400,000 forms of life — are lower than human beings. They are not punishable, for under the laws of material nature they are automatically evolving. Human beings, who are advanced in consciousness, are responsible, but not all of them are punishable. Those engaged in advanced pious activities are beyond punishment. Only those who engage in sinful activities are punishable. Therefore the Viṣṇudūtas particularly inquired about who is punishable and why Yamarāja has been designated to discriminate between who is punishable and who is not. How is one to be judged? What is the basic principle of authority? These are the questions raised by the Viṣṇudūtas.