Statute
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
The only way to get out of the entanglement is to agree to obey the Supreme. But instead of becoming free from the clutches of māyā, or illusion, foolish human beings become bound up by different nomenclatures, being designated as brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, Hindus, Mohammedans, Indians, Europeans, Americans, Chinese, and many others, and thus they carry out the orders of the Supreme Lord under the influence of respective scriptural or legislative injunctions. The statutory laws of the state are imperfect imitation replicas of religious codes. The secular state, or the godless state, allows the citizens to break the laws of God, but restricts them from disobeying the laws of the state; the result is that the people in general suffer more by breaking the laws of God than by obeying the imperfect laws made by man. Every man is imperfect by constitution under conditions of material existence, and there is not the least possibility that even the most materially advanced man can enact perfect legislation.
| Page Title: | Statute |
| Compiler: | Mayapur, ParthsarathyM |
| Created: | 27 of Oct, 2011 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=2, Let=3 |
| No. of Quotes: | 11 |