न तस्य कश्चित्तपसा विद्यया वा न योगवीर्येण मनीषया वा । नैवार्थधर्मै: परत: स्वतो वा कृतं विहन्तुं तनुभृद्विभूयात् ॥ १२ ॥
na tasya kascit tapasa vidyaya va na yoga-viryena manisaya va naivartha-dharmaih paratah svato va krtam vihantum tanu-bhrd vibhuyat
- na
- never
- tasya
- His
- kascit
- anyone
- tapasa
- by austerity
- vidyaya
- by education
- va
- or
- na
- never
- yoga
- by power of mystic yoga
- viryena
- by personal strength
- manisaya
- by intelligence
- va
- or
- na
- never
- eva
- certainly
- artha
- by material opulence
- dharmaih
- by the power of religion
- paratah
- by any external power
- svatah
- by personal endeavor
- va
- or
- krtam
- the order
- vihantum
- to avoid
- tanu-bhrt
- a living entity who has accepted a material body
- vibhuyat
- is able
One cannot avoid the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not by the strength of severe austerities, an exalted Vedic education, or the power of mystic yoga, physical prowess or intellectual activities. Nor can one use his power of religion, his material opulence or any other means, either by himself or with the help of others, to defy the orders of the Supreme Lord. That is not possible for any living being, from Brahma down to the ant.