धर्म: क्वचित् तत्र न भूतसौहृदं त्याग: क्वचित् तत्र न मुक्तिकारणम् । वीर्यं न पुंसोऽस्त्यजवेगनिष्कृतं न हि द्वितीयो गुणसङ्गवर्जित: ॥ २१ ॥
dharmah kvacit tatra na bhuta-sauhrdam tyagah kvacit tatra na mukti-karanam viryam na pumso ’sty aja-vega-niskrtam na hi dvitiyo guna-sanga-varjitah
- dharmah
- religion
- kvacit
- one may have full knowledge of
- tatra
- therein
- na
- not
- bhuta-sauhrdam
- friendship with other living entities
- tyagah
- renunciation
- kvacit
- one may possess
- tatra
- therein
- na
- not
- mukti-karanam
- the cause of liberation
- viryam
- power
- na
- not
- pumsah
- of any person
- asti
- there may be
- aja-vega-niskrtam
- no release from the power of time
- na
- nor
- hi
- indeed
- dvitiyah
- the second one
- guna-sanga-varjitah
- completely freed from the contamination of the modes of nature
Someone may possess full knowledge of religion but still not be kind to all living entities. In someone, whether human or demigod, there may be renunciation, but that is not the cause of liberation. Someone may possess great power and yet be unable to check the power of eternal time. Someone else may have renounced attachment to the material world, yet he cannot compare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, no one is completely freed from the influence of the material modes of nature.