Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.44.9

dharma-vyatikramo hy asya

samājasya dhruvaḿ bhavet

yatrādharmaḥ samuttiṣṭhen

na stheyaḿ tatra karhicit

SYNONYMS

dharma — of religious principles; vyatikramaḥ — transgression; hi — indeed; asya — by this; samājasya — company; dhruvam — certainly; bhavet — must be; yatra — wherein; adharmaḥ — irreligion; samuttiṣṭhet — has fully arisen; na stheyam — one should not remain; tatra — there; karhicit — for any duration of time at all.

TRANSLATION

Religious principles have certainly been violated in this assembly. One should not remain for even a moment in a place where irreligion is flourishing.

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