karmanam

karmaṇām

according to one’s own past deeds — SB 2.10.37-40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.37-40

O King, know from me that all living entities are created by the Supreme Lord according to their past deeds. This includes Brahmā and his sons like Dakṣa, the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, the demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, the great sages like Bhṛgu, Vyāsa and Vasiṣṭha, the inhabitants of Pitṛloka and Siddhaloka, the Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Kinnaras and angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpuruṣas, the human beings, the inhabitants of Mātṛloka, the demons, Piśācas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics and evil spirits, the good and evil stars, the goblins, the animals in the forest, the birds, the household animals, the reptiles, the mountains, the moving and standing living entities, the living entities born from embryos, from eggs, from perspiration and from seeds, and all others, whether they be in the water, land or sky, in happiness, in distress or in mixed happiness and distress. All of them, according to their past deeds, are created by the Supreme Lord.
activities — Bg. 18.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.2

The Supreme Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation [tyāga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life [sannyāsa] by great learned men.
actuated — Bg. 18.13-14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.13-14

O mighty-armed Arjuna, learn from Me of the five factors which bring about the accomplishment of all action. These are declared in sāṅkhya philosophy to be the place of action, the performer, the senses, the endeavor, and ultimately the Supersoul.
and of fruitive activities — SB 4.31.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.31.21

The Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes very dear to those devotees who have no material possessions but are fully happy in possessing the devotional service of the Lord. Indeed, the Lord relishes the devotional activities of such devotees. Those who are puffed up with material education, wealth, aristocracy and fruitive activity are very proud of possessing material things, and they often deride the devotees. Even if such people offer the Lord worship, the Lord never accepts them.
for persons engaged in fighting or any other activities — SB 8.11.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.7

Bali Mahārāja replied: All those present on this battlefield are certainly under the influence of eternal time, and according to their prescribed activities, they are destined to receive fame, victory, defeat and death, one after another.
in fruitive activities — SB 4.30.50-51plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.39-40

After being born, Dakṣa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others' bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Dakṣa, meaning "the very expert." Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Dakṣa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Dakṣa also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.
of activities — Bg. 14.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 14.12

O chief of the Bhāratas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion, the symptoms of great attachment, uncontrollable desire, hankering, and intense endeavor develop., SB 3.13.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.45

O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.
of all activities — Bg. 5.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.1

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?
of all material activities — SB 7.7.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.28

Therefore, my dear friends, O sons of the demons, your duty is to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which can burn the seed of fruitive activities artificially created by the modes of material nature and stop the flow of the intelligence in wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep. In other words, when one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, his ignorance is immediately dissipated.
of different activities — SB 4.29.34plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.34

Nārada continued: O you who are free from all sinful activity! No one can counteract the effects of fruitive activity simply by manufacturing a different activity devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. All such activity is due to our ignorance. When we have a troublesome dream, we cannot relieve it with a troublesome hallucination. One can counteract a dream only by awaking. Similarly, our material existence is due to our ignorance and illusion. Unless we awaken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we cannot be relieved of such dreams. For the ultimate solution to all problems, we must awaken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
of fruitive activities — Bg. 4.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.12

Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world., SB 3.32.34-36plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.32.34-36

By performing fruitive activities and sacrifices, by distributing charity, by performing austerities, by studying various literatures, by conducting philosophical research, by controlling the mind, by subduing the senses, by accepting the renounced order of life and by performing the prescribed duties of one's social order; by performing the different divisions of yoga practice, by performing devotional service and by exhibiting the process of devotional service containing the symptoms of both attachment and detachment; by understanding the science of self-realization and by developing a strong sense of detachment, one who is expert in understanding the different processes of self-realization realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is represented in the material world as well as in transcendence., SB 4.29.76-77plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.76-77

The caterpillar transports itself from one leaf to another by capturing one leaf before giving up the other. Similarly, according to his previous work, the living entity must capture another body before giving up the one he has. This is because the mind is the reservoir of all kinds of desires.
of material actions — SB 3.24.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.24.17

By mystic yoga and the practical application of knowledge from the scriptures, Kapila Muni, who is characterized by His golden hair, His eyes just like lotus petals and His lotus feet, which bear the marks of lotus flowers, will uproot the deep-rooted desire for work in this material world.
of prescribed duties — SB 3.15.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.15.9

The demigods prayed to Brahmā: Please look upon us mercifully, for we have fallen into a miserable condition; because of the darkness, all our work has been suspended.
of the activities — Madhya 14.187plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 14.187

" 'The various symptoms manifested in a woman's face, eyes, and the other parts of her body and the way she moves, stands or sits when she meets her beloved are called vilāsa.' "
of the prescribed duties — Bg. 3.4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 3.4

Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection., SB 4.6.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.6.45

O most auspicious lord, you have ordained the heavenly planets, the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets and the impersonal Brahman sphere as the respective destinations of the performers of auspicious activities. Similarly, for others, who are miscreants, you have destined different kinds of hells which are horrible and ghastly. Yet sometimes it is found that their destinations are just the opposite. It is very difficult to ascertain the cause of this.
of work — SB 1.3.8plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.8

In the millennium of the ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarṣi Nārada, who is a great sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action.
previous activities — Bg. 7.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.28

Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.
the path of duty — SB 6.5.37plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.5.37

Prajāpati Dakṣa said: My sons were not at all freed from their three debts. Indeed, they did not properly consider their obligations. O Nārada Muni, O personality of sinful action, you have obstructed their progress toward good fortune in this world and the next because they are still indebted to the saintly persons, the demigods and their father.
which work — SB 3.25.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.32

Lord Kapila said: The senses are symbolic representations of the demigods, and their natural inclination is to work under the direction of the Vedic injunctions. As the senses are representatives of the demigods, so the mind is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind's natural duty is to serve. When that service spirit is engaged in devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is far better even than salvation.

karmāṇam

of the performers — Bg. 4.41plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.41

Therefore, one who has renounced the fruits of his action, whose doubts are destroyed by transcendental knowledge, and who is situated firmly in the self, is not bound by works, O conqueror of riches.
the performer — Bg. 4.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.19

One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every act is devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is said by sages to be a worker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge.

citra-karmaṇām

of all of us who have had varieties of reactions to our past karma — SB 10.5.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.5.25

Many planks and sticks, unable to stay together, are carried away by the force of a river's waves. Similarly, although we are intimately related with friends and family members, we are unable to stay together because of our varied past deeds and the waves of time.

guṇa-karmaṇām

of the transcendental qualities and activities of the Lord — SB 7.7.30-31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.30-31

One must accept the bona fide spiritual master and render service unto him with great devotion and faith. Whatever one has in one's possession should be offered to the spiritual master, and in the association of saintly persons and devotees one should worship the Lord, hear the glories of the Lord with faith, glorify the transcendental qualities and activities of the Lord, always meditate on the Lord's lotus feet, and worship the Deity of the Lord strictly according to the injunctions of the śāstra and guru.

jugupsita-karmāṇam

who was ready to commit such an offensive act — SB 10.1.36plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.36

Wanting to pacify Kaṁsa, who was so cruel and envious that he was shamelessly ready to kill his sister, the great soul Vasudeva, who was to be the father of Kṛṣṇa, spoke to him in the following words.

kṣema-karmaṇām

of those who are leaders and protectors of the general mass — SB 2.6.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.6.6

The Lord's arms are the productive fields for the great demigods and other leaders of the living entities who protect the general mass.

kuśala-karmaṇām

engaged in auspicious activities — SB 4.30.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.19

Those who are engaged in auspicious activities in devotional service certainly understand that the ultimate enjoyer or beneficiary of all activities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus when one acts, he offers the results to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and passes life always engaged in the topics of the Lord. Even though such a person may be participating in family life, he is not affected by the results of his actions.

puṇya-karmaṇām

of the past — Bg. 18.71plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.71

And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reaction and attains to the planets where the pious dwell.

puṇya-śloka-īḍya-karmaṇām

whose pious activities are praised by all great souls — SB 6.10.5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.5

The demigods replied: O exalted brāhmaṇa, pious persons like you, whose activities are praiseworthy, are very kind and affectionate to people in general. What can't such pious souls give for the benefit of others? They can give everything, including their bodies.

sarva-karmaṇām

all fruitive activities — SB 3.24.40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.24.40

I shall also describe this sublime knowledge, which is the door to spiritual life, to My mother, so that she also can attain perfection and self-realization, ending all reactions to fruitive activities. Thus she also will be freed from all material fear.

sat-karmaṇām

of whom the performance of sacrifice — SB 4.7.47plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.47

Dear Lord, we were awaiting Your audience because we have been unable to perform the yajñas according to the Vedic rituals. We pray unto You, therefore, to be pleased with us. Simply by chanting Your holy name, one can surpass all obstacles. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You in Your presence.

uparata-karmaṇām

who are no longer interested in fruitive activities — SB 5.5.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.5.28

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus the great well-wisher of everyone, the Supreme Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, instructed His own sons. Although they were perfectly educated and cultured, He instructed them just to set an example of how a father should instruct his sons before retiring from family life. Sannyāsīs, who are no longer bound by fruitive activity and who have taken to devotional service after all their material desires have been vanquished, also learn by these instructions. Lord Ṛṣabhadeva instructed His one hundred sons, of whom the eldest, Bharata, was a very advanced devotee and a follower of Vaiṣṇavas. In order to rule the whole world, the Lord enthroned His eldest son on the royal seat. Thereafter, although still at home, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva lived like a madman, naked and with disheveled hair. Then the Lord took the sacrificial fire within Himself, and He left Brahmāvarta to tour the whole world.