Bhagavata Purana 10.27.5
Srimad Bhagavatam · 27 · Verse 5
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Sanskrit Original
कुतो नु तद्धेतव ईश तत्कृतालोभादयो येऽबुधलिङ्गभावा: । तथापि दण्डं भगवान् बिभर्तिधर्मस्य गुप्त्यै लनिग्रहाय ॥ ५ ॥
kuto nu tad-dhetava īśa tat-kṛtā lobhādayo ye ’budha-linga-bhāvāḥ tathāpi daṇḍaṁ bhagavān bibharti dharmasya guptyai khala-nigrahāya
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How, then, could there exist in You the symptoms of an ignorant person — such as greed, lust, anger and envy — which are produced by one’s previous involvement in material existence and which cause one to become further entangled in material existence? And yet as the Supreme Lord You impose punishment to protect religious principles and curb down the wicked.