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The Righteous Duties of Castes and Stages in Life - Verse 64

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 2 · Verse 64

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Sanskrit Original

सत्यं सन्तोष आस्तिक्यं श्रद्धा चेन्द्रियनिग्रहः। देवताभ्यर्चनं पूजा ब्राह्मणानां विशेषतः।।

satyaṃ santoṣa āstikyaṃ śraddhā cendriyanigrahaḥ| devatābhyarcanaṃ pūjā brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ||

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The act which is based on spiritual knowledge is the Nivrtta Karma and that which is other than this, is called Pravrtta Karma. He who resorts to the Nivrtta type of Karma attains to the highest region viz. Moksa. 65-68a. Hence one should follow the Nivrtta type of .Karma, otherwise one shall have to undergo the sufferings of worldly existences again and again.