Bhagavatapurana 6.5.20

6.5.20

śāstrasya piturādeśaṃ yo na veda nivartakam /
kathaṃ tadanurūpāya guṇavisrambhy upakramet //

20. How could any one that does not understand that the Sastra is his father as the cause of his second birth, who does not know of the precept that would turn him from the world and who puts implicit faith in the worldly activity induced by the gunas, proceed to the work of creation?