यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥ २३ ॥
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥ २३ ॥
yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ .
na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim .. 23 ..
He who, neglecting the scriptural ordinance, acts under the impulse of desire, attains not perfection, nor happiness, nor the Supreme Goal.
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Scriptural ordinance : the command of the Veda in the form of injunctions and prohibitions, giving us to know what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. Perfection : fitness for attaining the end of man. Happiness : in this world. Supreme Goal : Svarga or Mokṣa (as the case may be).