नचिरात्प्राप्यते लोके पापानां कर्मणां फलम्।
सविषाणामिवान्नानां भुक्तानां क्षणदाचर॥
nacirāt prāpyate loke pāpānāṁ karmaṇāṁ phalam
saviṣāṇām ivānnānāṁ bhuktānāṁ kṣaṇadācara
nacirāt = without delay; prāpyate = are attained; loke = in this life; pāpānām = of extreme sinful; karmaṇām = activities; phalam = the result; saviṣāṇām = mixed with poison; iva = similar to; annānām = foodstuffs; bhuktānām = [the result of] eating; kṣaṇadācara = O night-ranger.
O night-ranger, similar to [the result of] eating foodstuffs mixed with poison, the result of extreme sinful activities are attained in this life without delay.1
1 This was also noted by King Daśaratha during his final conversation with Queen Kausalyā.
1 Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has noted in his Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta that adharma is of two types: ordinary sinful activities and offenses which are sinful activities directed towards the Lord or His devotees. Vaiṣṇavas have to avoid both of these categories of sinful activities.
NOTE. Śrīla Prabhupāda often speaks of “the subtle laws of nature” while discussing about the results of piety and impiety. Lord Śrī Rāma has so kindly begun to explain some of these laws pertaining to sinful activities so that we can avoid them.1
Let us pay heed to His instructions while praying to Him as follows:
pārāvāra-payo-viśoṣaṇa-kalā-pārīṇa-kālānala-
jvālā-jāla-vihāra-hāri-viśikha-vyāpāra-ghora-kramaḥ
sarvāvastha-sakṛt-prapanna-janatā-saṁrakṣaṇaika-vratī
dharmo vigrahavān adharma-viratim dhanvī sa tanvīta naḥ
“May the archer Lord Rāmacandra grant us distaste for adharma! He is experienced in the art of drying up the water ocean with His terrific use of arrows that supercede the flames of the fire of dissolution. He has vowed to, under all circumstances, provide full protection to those who have who have taken shelter of Him even once. He is the very personification of dharma.” (Daśāvatāra-stotra 8 by Vedānta-deśika)