य एषां पुरुषं साक्षादात्मप्रभवमीश्वरम् । न भजन्त्यवजानन्ति स्थानाद् भ्रष्टा: पतन्त्यध: ॥ ३ ॥
ya eṣāṁ puruṣaṁ sākṣād ātma-prabhavam īśvaram na bhajanty avajānanti sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ
- yaḥ
- one who
- eṣām
- of them
- puruṣaṁ
- the Supreme Lord
- sākṣāt
- directly
- ātma-prabhavam
- the source of their own creation
- īśvaram
- the supreme controller
- na
- do not
- bhajanti
- worship
- avajānanti
- disrespect
- sthānāt
- from their position
- bhraṣṭāḥ
- fallen
- patanti
- they fall
- adhaḥ
- down
If any of the members of the four varṇas and four āśramas fail to worship or intentionally disrespect the Personality of Godhead, who is the source of their own creation, they will fall down from their position into a hellish state of life.