SB 1.18.7
कुशलान्याशु सिद्ध्यन्ति नेतराणि कृतानि यत् ॥ ७ ॥
kuśalāny āśu siddhyanti netarāṇi kṛtāni yat
Synonyms
[In response to the question, “Why didn’t Parīkṣit simply kill Kali outright, since he was the source of unrighteousness?” Sūta answers as follows (nanu adharma-hetuṁ kaliṁ sarvathā kiṁ na hatavān tatrāha nānudveṣṭīti).45]; samrāṭ — the emperor [Parīkṣit (sārvabhaumaḥ parīkṣit)46]; sāraṅga iva — [who] like a bee [(bhṛṅga-vat); (brahmara iva)47]; sāra-bhuk — relished the essence of all things [who both recognized and extracted the essence of all things (sārānubhavitā sāra-grāhī), signifying that just as a bee extracts the essence or the nectar of a lotus flower without destroying it (yathā kamala-gataṁ sāraṁ makarandaṁ gṛhāti na tu tan-nāśayati), so too Parīkṣit extracted the essence from Kali without killing him (tad-vat kali-gata-sāra-grāhitvān na taṁ jaghānety arthaḥ)]; na anudveṣṭi — bore no malice [dveṣaṁ na kṛtavān48]; kalim — toward Kali; [since he was aware (yataḥ)]; yat — [that] in Kaliyuga [yasmin kalau]; kuśalāni — auspicious acts [or undertakings productive of the highest virtue (puṇya-karmāṇi), in particular, the acts of devotion beginning with singing or uttering the names of Bhagavān (bhagavan-nāma-kīrtanādi-rūpāṇi)]; siddhyanti — bear fruit [(phalanti);49 meaning that they lead to the attainment of Bhagavān (bhagavat-prāptim āvahanti)]; āśu — immediately [by mere intention (saṅkalpa-mātreṇa);50 even when enacted exclusively within the mind (manasāpi kṛtāni)51]; [whereas (tu)52]; itarāṇi — their opposite [inauspicious or sinful acts (akuśala-karmāṇi pāpāni)]; na — do not [bear fruit immediately (āśu na siddhyanti);53 do not deliver their results if carried out only within the mind (mano-nirvarttyāni tāni na phalanti)54]; [since they bring forth consequences (yatas tāni siddhyanti)55]; kṛtāni [eva] — [only] on being performed [only on being physically enacted (śarīrādibhir anuṣṭhitāny eva);56 and not by mere intention (na tu saṅkalpita-mātrāṇi)57]; [by this statement, it is suggested that in Satyayuga and the other yugas, auspicious acts bear fruit only after a long time, whereas inauspicious acts bear fruit immediately (anena kṛtādi-yugeṣu kuśalānāṁ cireṇa phala-dattvam itareṣāṁ tv āśv iti sūcitam)].
Translation
The emperor [Parīkṣit], who, like a bee, relished the essence of all things, bore no malice toward Kali, since he was aware that in Kaliyuga auspicious acts bear fruit immediately [by mere intention], whereas inauspicious acts do not bear fruit immediately since they bring forth consequences only on being physically enacted [and not by mere intention].