SB 1.17.33

Synonyms

tat — therefore [tasmāt²⁰⁰]; adharma-bandho — O friend of unrighteousness; na vartitavyam — [you] are not to abide [or to remain (na sthātavyam)²⁰¹]; brahma-āvarte — in the land of Brahmāvarta [(deśe); lit., “in the sacred land that revolves around Brahman”²⁰²]; vartitavye — a place perfectly suited for the existence [vartitum yogye²⁰³]; dharmeṇa — by [i.e., of] religion; ca — and; satyena — truth; yatra — where; vijñāḥ — adepts [(nipunāḥ); (abhijñāḥ)²⁰⁴]; vitāna — [in] the administration [(anuśāsanaḥ);²⁰⁵ execution (anuṣṭhānaḥ);²⁰⁶ and proliferation (vistāraḥ)]; yajña — [of] sacrifices; yajanti — worship [ārādhayanti²⁰⁷]; yajña-īśvaram — the Master of Sacrifices [Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as attested to by His own statement in Gītā 9.24 (“ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca” iti nija-vākyoktaṁ śrī kṛṣṇam)²⁰⁸]; yajñaiḥ — by means of sacrifices.

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