> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 3
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 3 Part 2

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> > Chapter Thirty-two: Entanglement in Fruitive Activities

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> > TEXT 1

> > kapila uvaca

> > atha yo grha-medhiyan

> > dharman evavasan grhe

> > kamam artham ca dharman svan

> > dogdhi bhuyah piparti tan

> > kapilah uvaca: Lord Kapila said; atha: now; yah: the person who; grha-medhiyan: of the householders; dharman: duties; eva: certainly; avasan: living; grhe: at home; kamam: sense gratification; artham: economic development; ca: and; dharman: religious rituals; svan: his; dogdhi: enjoys; bhuyah: again and again; piparti: performs; tan: them.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Personality of Godhead said: The person who lives in the center of household life derives material benefits by performing religious rituals, and thereby he fulfills his desire for economic development and sense gratification. Again and again he acts the same way.

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> > TEXT 2

> > sa capi bhagavad-dharmat

> > kama-mudhah paran-mukhah

> > yajate kratubhir devan

> > pitrms ca sraddhayanvitah

> > sah: he; ca api: moreover; bhagavat-dharmat: from devotional service; kama-mudhah: infatuated by lust; parak-mukhah: having the face turned away; yajate: worships; kratubhih: with sacrificial ceremonies; devan: the demigods; pitrn: the forefathers; ca: and; sraddhaya: with faith; anvitah: endowed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such persons are ever bereft of devotional service due to being too attached to sense gratification, and therefore, although they perform various kinds of sacrifices and take great vows to satisfy the demigods and forefathers, they are not interested in Krsna consciousness, devotional service.

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> > TEXT 3

> > tac-ch raddhayakranta-matih

> > pitr-deva-vratah puman

> > gatva candramasam lokam

> > soma-pah punar esyati

> > tat: to the demigods and forefathers; sraddhaya: with reverence; akranta: overcome; matih: his mind; pitr: to the forefathers; deva: to the demigods; vratah: his vow; puman: the person; gatva: having gone; candramasam: to the moon; lokam: planet; soma-pah: drinking soma juice; punah: again; esyati: will return.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon, where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this planet.

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> > TEXT 4

> > yada cahindra-sayyayam

> > sete 'nantasano harih

> > tada loka layam yanti

> > ta ete grha-medhinam

> > yada: when; ca: and; ahi-indra: of the king of snakes; sayya: yam: on the bed; sete: lies; ananta-asanah: He whose seat is Ananta Sesa; harih: Lord Hari; tada: then; lokah: the planets; layam: unto dissolution; yanti: go; te ete: those very; grha-medhinam: of the materialistic householders.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All the planets of the materialistic persons, including all the heavenly planets, such as the moon, are vanquished when the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, goes to His bed of serpents, which is known as Ananta Sesa.

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> > TEXT 5

> > ye sva-dharman na duhyanti

> > dhirah kamartha-hetave

> > nihsanga nyasta-karmanah

> > prasantah suddha-cetasah

> > ye: those who; sva-dharman: their own occupational duties; na: do not; duhyanti: take advantage of; dhirah: intelligent; kama: sense gratification; artha: economic development; hetave: for the sake of; nihsangah: free from material attachment; nyasta: given up; karmanah: fruitive activities; prasantah: satisfied; suddha-cetasah: of purified consciousness.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Those who are intelligent and are of purified consciousness are completely satisfied in Krsna consciousness. Freed from the modes of material nature, they do not act for sense gratification; rather, since they are situated in their own occupational duties, they act as one is expected to act.

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> > TEXT 6

> > nivrtti-dharma-nirata

> > nirmama nirahankrtah

> > sva-dharmaptena sattvena

> > parisuddhena cetasa

> > nivrtti-dharma: in religious activities for detachment; niratah: constantly engaged; nirmamah: without a sense of proprietorship; nirahankrtah: without false egoism; sva-dharma: by one's own occupational duties; aptena: executed; sattvena: by goodness; parisuddhena: completely purified; cetasa: by consciousness.

> > TRANSLATION

> > By executing one's occupational duties, acting with detachment and without a sense of proprietorship or false egoism, one is posted in one's constitutional position by dint of complete purification of consciousness, and by thus executing so-called material duties he can easily enter into the kingdom of God.

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> > TEXT 7

> > surya-dvarena te yanti

> > purusam visvato-mukham

> > paravaresam prakrtim

> > asyotpatty-anta-bhavanam

> > surya-dvarena: through the path of illumination; te: they; yanti: approach; purusam: the Personality of Godhead; visvatah-mukham: whose face is turned everywhere; para-avara-isam: the proprietor of the spiritual and material worlds; prakrtim: the material cause; asya: of the world; utpatti: of manifestation; anta: of dissolution; bhavanam: the cause.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution.

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> > TEXT 8

> > dvi-parardhavasane yah

> > pralayo brahmanas tu te

> > tavad adhyasate lokam

> > parasya para-cintakah

> > dvi-parardha: two parardhas; avasane: at the end of; yah: which; pralayah: death; brahmanah: of Lord Brahma; tu: indeed; te: they; tavat: so long; adhyasate: dwell; lokam: on the planet; parasya: of the Supreme; para-cintakah: thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Worshipers of the Hiranyagarbha expansion of the Personality of Godhead remain within this material world until the end of two parardhas, when Lord Brahma also dies.

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> > TEXT 9

> > ksmam bho-'nalanila-viyan-mana-indriyartha-

> > bhutadibhih parivrtam pratisanjihirsuh

> > avyakrtam visati yarhi guna-trayatma

> > kaiam parakhyam anubhuya parah svayambhuh

> > ksma: earth; ambhah: water; anala: fire; anila: air; viyat: ether; manah: mind; indriya: the senses; artha: the objects of the senses; bhuta: ego; adibhih: and so on; parivrtam: covered by; pratisanjihirsuh: desiring to dissolve; avyakrtam: the changeless spiritual sky; visati: he enters; yarhi: at which time; guna-traya-atma: consisting of the three modes; kalam: the time; para-akhyam: two parardhas; anubhuya: after experiencing; parah: the chief; svayambhuh: Lord Brahma.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After experiencing the inhabitable time of the three modes of material nature, known as two parardhas, Lord Brahma closes the material universe, which is covered by layers of earth, water, air, fire, ether, mind, ego, etc., and goes back to Godhead.

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> > TEXT 10

> > evam paretya bhagavantam anupravista

> > ye yogino jita-marun-manaso viragah

> > tenaiva sakam amrtam purusam puranam

> > brahma pradhanam upayanty agatabhimanah

> > evam: thus; paretya: having gone a long distance; bhagavantam: Lord Brahma; anupravistah: entered; ye: those who; yoginah: yogis; jita: controlled; marut: the breathing; manasah: the mind; viragah: detached; tena: with Lord Brahma; eva: indeed; sakam: together; amrtam: the embodiment of bliss; purusam: unto the personality of Godhead; puranam: the oldest; brahma pradhanam: the Supreme Brahman; upayanti: they go; agata: not gone; abhimanah: whose false ego.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The yogis who become detached from the material world by practice of breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahma, which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the body of Lord Brahma, and therefore when Brahma is liberated and goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such yogis can also enter into the kingdom of God.

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> > TEXT 11

> > atha tam sarva-bhutanam

> > hrt-padmesu krtalayam

> > srutanubhavam saranam

> > vraja bhavena bhamini

> > atha: therefore; tam: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarva-bhutanam: of all living entities; hrt-padmesu: in the lotus hearts; krta-alayam: residing; sruta-anubhavam: whose glories you have heard; saranam: unto the shelter; vraja: go; bhavena: by devotional service; bhamini: My dear mother.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Therefore, My dear mother, by devotional service take direct shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in everyone's heart.

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> > TEXT 12-15

> > adyah sthira-caranam yo

> > veda-garbhah saharsibhih

> > yogesvaraih kumaradyaih

> > siddhair yoga-pravartakaih

> > bheda-drstyabhimanena

> > nihsangenapi karmana

> > kartrtvat sagunam brahma

> > purusam purusarsabham

> > sa samsrtya punah kale

> > kalenesvara-murtina

> > jate guna-vyatikare

> > yatha-purvam prajayate

> > aisvaryam paramesthyam ca

> > te 'pi dharma-vinirmitam

> > nisevya punar ayanti

> > guna-vyatikare sati

> > adyah: the creator, Lord Brahma; sthira-caranam: of the immobile and mobile manifestations; yah: he who; veda-garbhah: the repository of the Vedas; saha: along with; rsibhih: the sages; yoga-isvaraih: with great mystic yogis; kumara-adyaih: the Kumaras and others; siddhaih: with the perfected living beings; yoga-pravartakaih: the authors of the yoga system;

> > bheda-drstya: because of independent vision; abhimanena: by misconception; nihsangena: nonfruitive; api: although; karmana: by their activities; kartrtvat: from the sense of being a doer; sa-gunam: possessing spiritual qualities; brahma: Brahman; purusam: the Personality of Godhead; purusa-rsabham: the first purusa incarnation;

> > sah: he; samsrtya: having attained; punah: again; kale: at the time; kalena: by time; isvara-murtina: the manifestation of the Lord; jate guna-vyatikare: when the interaction of the modes arises; yatha: as; purvam: previously; prajayate: is born;

> > aisvaryam: opulence; paramesthyam: royal; ca: and; te: the sages; api: also; dharma: by their pious activities; vinirmitam: produced; nisevya: having enjoyed; punah: again; ayanti: they return; guna-vyatikare sati: when the interaction of the modes takes place.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear mother, someone may worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead with a special self-interest, but even demigods such as Lord Brahma, great sages such as Sanat-kumara and great munis such as Marici have to come back to the material world again at the time of creation. When the interaction of the three modes of material nature begins, Brahma, who is the creator of this cosmic manifestation and who is full of Vedic knowledge, and the great sages, who are the authors of the spiritual path and the yoga system, come back under the influence of the time factor. They are liberated by their nonfruitive activities and they attain the first incarnation of the purusa, but at the time of creation they come back in exactly the same forms and positions as they had previously.

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> > TEXT 16

> > ye tv ihasakta-manasah

> > karmasu sraddhayanvitah

> > kurvanty apratisiddhani

> > nityany api ca krtsnasah

> > ye: those who; tu: but; iha: in this world; asakta: addicted; manasah: whose minds; karmasu: to fruitive activities; sraddhaya: with faith; anvitah: endowed; kurvanti: perform; apratisiddhani: with attachment to the result; nityani: prescribed duties; api: certainly; ca: and; krtsnasah: repeatedly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result.

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> > TEXT 17

> > rajasa kuntha-manasah

> > kamatmano jitendriyah

> > pitrn yajanty anudinam

> > grhesv abhiratasayah

> > rajasa: by the mode of passion; kuntha: full of anxieties; manasah: their minds; kama-atmanah: aspiring for sense gratification; ajita: uncontrolled; indriyah: their senses; pitrn: the forefathers; yajanti: they worship; anudinam: every day; grhesu: in home life; abhirata: engaged; asayah: their minds.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such persons, impelled by the mode of passion, are full of anxieties and always aspire for sense gratification due to uncontrolled senses. They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the economic condition of their family, social or national life.

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> > TEXT 18

> > trai-vargikas te purusa

> > vimukha hari-medhasah

> > kathayam kathaniyoru-

> > vikramasya madhudvisah

> > trai-vargikah: interested in the three elevating processes; te: those; purusah: persons; vimukhah: not interested; hari-medhasah: of Lord Hari; kathayam: in the pastimes; kathaniya: worth chanting of; uru-vikramasya: whose excellent prowess; madhu-dvisah: the killer of the Madhu demon.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such persons are called trai-vargika because they are interested in the three elevating processes. They are averse to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can give relief to the conditioned soul. They are not interested in the Supreme Personality's pastimes, which are worth hearing because of His transcendental prowess.

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> > TEXT 19

> > nunam daivena vihata

> > ye cacyuta-katha-sudham

> > hitva srnvanty asad-gathah

> > purisam iva vid-bhujah

> > nunam: certainly; daivena: by the order of the Lord; vihatah: condemned; ye: those who; ca: also; acyuta: of the infallible Lord; katha: stories; sudham: nectar; hitva: having given up; srnvanti: they hear; asat-gathah: stories about materialistic persons; purisam: stool; iva: like; vit-bhujah: stool-eaters (hogs).

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such persons are condemned by the supreme order of the Lord. Because they are averse to the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are compared to stool-eating hogs. They give up hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord and indulge in hearing of the abominable activities of materialistic persons.

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> > TEXT 20

> > daksinena patharyamnah

> > pitr-lokam vrajanti te

> > prajam anu prajayante

> > smasananta-kriya-krtah

> > daksinena: southern; patha: by the path; aryamnah: of the sun; pitr-lokam: to Pitrloka; vrajanti: go; te: they; prajam: their families; anu: along with; prajayante: they take birth; smasana: the crematorium; anta: to the end; kriya: fruitive activities; krtah: performing.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Such materialistic persons are allowed to go to the planet called Pitrloka by the southern course of the sun, but they again come back to this planet and take birth in their own families, beginning again the same fruitive activities from birth to the end of life.

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> > TEXT 21

> > tatas te ksina-sukrtah

> > punar lokam imam sati

> > patanti vivasa devaih

> > sadyo vibhramsitodayah

> > tatah: then; te: they; ksina: exhausted; su-krtah: results of their pious activities; punah: again; lokam imam: to this planet; sati: O virtuous mother; patanti: fall; vivasah: helpless; devaih: by higher arrangement; sadyah: suddenly; vibhramsita: caused to fall; udayah: their prosperity.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall down by higher arrangement and again come back to this planet, just as any person raised to a high position sometimes all of a sudden falls.

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> > TEXT 22

> > tasmat tvam sarva-bhavena

> > bhajasva paramesthinam

> > tad-gunasrayaya bhaktya

> > bhajaniya-padam bujam

> > tasmat: therefore; tvam: you (Devahuti); sarva-bhavena: with loving ecstasy; bhajasva: worship; paramesthinam: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-guna: the qualities of the Lord; asrayaya: connected with; bhaktya: by devotional service; bhajaniya: worshipable; pada-ambujam: whose lotus feet.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear mother, I therefore advise that you take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for His lotus feet are worth worshiping. Accept this with all devotion and love, for thus you can be situated in transcendental devotional service.

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> > TEXT 23

> > vasudeve bhagavati

> > bhakti-yogah prayojitah

> > janayaty asu vairagyam

> > jnanam yad brahma-darsanam

> > vasudeve: unto Krsna; bhagavati: the Personality of Godhead; bhakti-yogah: devotional service; p rayojitah: discharged; janayati: produces; asu: very soon; vairagyam: detachment; jnanam: knowledge; yat: which; brahma-darsanam: self-realization.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Engagement in Krsna consciousness and application of devotional service unto Krsna make it possible to advance in knowledge and detachment, as well as in self-realization.

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> > TEXT 24

> > yadasya cittam arthesu

> > samesv indriya-vrttibhih

> > na vigrhnati vaisamyam

> > priyam apriyam ity uta

> > yada: when; asya: of the devotee; cittam: the mind; arthesu: in the sense objects; samesu: same; indriya-vrttibhih: by the activities of the senses; na: not; vigrhnati: does perceive; vaisamyam: difference; priyam: agreeable; apriyam: not agreeable; iti: thus; uta: certainly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The exalted devotee's mind becomes equipoised in sensory activities, and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable.

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> > TEXT 25

> > sa tadaivatmanatmanam

> > nihsangam sama-darsanam

> > heyopadeya-rahitam

> > arudham padam iksate

> > sah: the pure devotee; tada: then; eva: certainly; atmana: by his transcendental intelligence; atmanam: himself; nihsangam: without material attachment; sama-darsanam: equipoised in vision; heya: to be rejected; upadeya: acceptable; rahitam: devoid of; arudham: elevated; padam: to the transcendental position; iksate: he sees.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Because of his transcendental intelligence, the pure devotee is equipoised in his vision and sees himself to be uncontaminated by matter. He does not see anything as superior or inferior, and he feels himself elevated to the transcendental platform of being equal in qualities with the Supreme Person.

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> > TEXT 26

> > jnana-matram param brahma

> > paramatmesvarah puman

> > drsy-adibhih prthag bhavair

> > bhagavan eka iyate

> > jnana: knowledge; matram: only; param: transcendental; brahma: Brahman; parama-atma: Paramatma; isvarah: the controller; puman: Supersoul; drsi-adibhih: by philosophical research and other processes; prthak bhavaih: according to different processes of understanding; bhagavan: the Supreme personality of Godhead; ekah: alone; iyate: is perceived.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Personality of Godhead alone is complete transcendental knowledge, but according to the different processes of understanding He appears differently, either as impersonal Brahman, as Paramatma, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead or as the purusa-avatara.

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> > TEXT 27

> > etavan eva yogena

> > samagreneha yoginah

> > yujyate 'bhimato hy artho

> > yad asangas tu krtsnasah

> > etavan: of such a measure; eva: just; yogena: by yoga practice; samagrena: all; iha: in this world; yoginah: of the yogi; yujyate: is achieved; abhimatah: desired; hi: certainly; arthah: purpose; yat: which; asangah: detachment; tu: indeed; krtsnasah: completely.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The greatest common understanding for all yogis is complete detachment from matter, which can be achieved by different kinds of yoga.

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> > TEXT 28

> > jnanam ekam paracinair

> > indriyair brahma nirgunam

> > avabhaty artha-rupena

> > bhrantya sabdadi-dharmina

> > jnanam: knowledge; ekam: one; paracinaih: averse; indriyaih: by the senses; brahma: the Supreme Absolute Truth; nirgunam: beyond the material modes; avabhati: appears; artha-rupena: in the form of various objects; bhrantya: mistakenly; sabda-adi: sound and so on; dharmina: endowed with.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Those who are averse to the Transcendence realize the Supreme Absolute Truth differently through speculative sense perception, and therefore, because of mistaken speculation, everything appears to them to be relative.

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> > TEXT 29

> > yatha mahan aham-rupas

> > tri-vrt panca-vidhah svarat

> > ekadasa-vidhas tasya

> > vapur andam jagad yatah

> > yatha: as; mahan: the mahat-tattva; aham-rupah: the false ego; tri-vrt: the three modes of material nature; panca-vidhah: the five material elements; sva-rat: the individual consciousness; ekadasa-vidhah: the eleven senses; tasya: of the living entity; vapuh: the material body; andam: the brahmanda; jagat: the universe; yatah: from which or from whom.

> > TRANSLATION

> > From the total energy, the mahat-tattva, I have manifested the false ego, the three modes of material nature, the five material elements, the individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body. Similarly, the entire universe has come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 30

> > etad vai sraddhaya bhaktya

> > yogabhyasena nityasah

> > samahitatma nihsango

> > viraktya paripasyati

> > etat: this; vai: certainly; sraddhaya: with faith; bhaktya: by devotional service; yoga-abhyasena: by practice of yoga; nityasah: always; samahita-atma: he whose mind is fixed; nihsangah: aloof from material association; viraktya: by detachment; paripasyati: understands.

> > TRANSLATION

> > This perfect knowledge can be achieved by a person who is already engaged in devotional service with faith, steadiness and full detachment, and who is always absorbed in thought of the Supreme. He is aloof from material association.

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> > TEXT 31

> > ity etat kathitam gurvi

> > jnanam tad brahma-darsanam

> > yenanubuddhyate tattvam

> > prakrteh purusasya ca

> > iti: thus; etat: this; kathitam: described; gurvi: O respectful mother; jnanam: knowledge; tat: that; brahma: the Absolute Truth; darsanam: revealing; yena: by which; anubuddhyate: is understood; tattvam: the truth; prakrteh: of matter; purusasya: of spirit; ca: and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear respectful mother, I have already described the path of understanding the Absolute Truth, by which one can come to understand the real truth of matter and spirit and their relationship.

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> > TEXT 32

> > jnana-yogas ca man-nistho

> > nairgunyo bhakti-laksanah

> > dvayor apy eka evartho

> > bhagavac-chabda-laksanah

> > jnana-yogah: philosophical research; ca: and; mat-nisthah: directed towards Me; nairgunyah: free from the material modes of nature; bhakti: devotional service; laksanah: named; dvayoh: of both; api: moreover; ekah: one; eva: certainly; arthah: purpose; bhagavat: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sabda: by the word; laksanah: signified.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Philosophical research culminates in understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After achieving this understanding, when one becomes free from the material modes of nature, he attains the stage of devotional service. Either by devotional service directly or by philosophical research, one has to find the same destination, which is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 33

> > yathendriyaih prthag-dvarair

> > artho bahu-gunasrayah

> > eko naneyate tadvad

> > bhagavan sastra-vartmabhih

> > yatha: as; indriyaih: by the senses; prthak-dvaraih: in different ways; arthah: an object; bahu-guna: many qualities; asrayah: endowed with; ekah: one; nana: differently; iyate: is perceived; tadvat: similarly; bhagavan: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sastra-vartmabhih: according to different scriptural injunctions.

> > TRANSLATION

> > A single object is appreciated differently by different senses due to its having different qualities. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, but according to different scriptural injunctions He appears to be different.

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> > TEXT 34-36

> > kriyaya kratubhir danais

> > tapah-svadhyaya-marsanaih

> > atmendriya jayenapi

> > sannyasena ca karmanam

> > yogena vividhangena

> > bhakti-yogena caiva hi

> > dha rmenobhaya-cihnena

> > yah pravrtti-nivrttiman

> > atma-tattvava bodhena

> > vairagyena drdhena ca

> > iyate bhagavan ebhih

> > saguno nirgunah sva-drk

> > kriyaya: by fruitive activities; kratubhih: by sacrificial performances; danaih: by charity; tapah: austerities; svadhyaya: study of Vedic literature; marsanaih: and by philosophical research; atma-indriya jayena: by controlling the mind and senses; api: also; sannyasena: by renunciation; ca: and; karmanam: of fruitive activities;

> > yogena: by yoga practice; vividha-angena: of different divisions; bhakti-yogena: by devotional service; ca: and; eva: certainly; hi: indeed; dharmena: by prescribed duties; ubhaya-cihnena: having both symptoms; yah: which; pravrtti: attachment; nivrtti-man: containing detachment;

> > atma-tattva: the science of self-realization; avabodhena: by understanding; vairagyena: by detachment; drdhena: strong; ca: and; iyate: is perceived; bhagavan: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ebhih: by these; sa-gunah: in the material world; nirgunah: beyond the material modes; sva-drk: one who sees his constitutional position.

> > TRANSLATION

> > 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.

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> > TEXT 37

> > pravocam bhakti-yogasya

> > svarupam te catur-vidham

> > kalasya cavyakta-gater

> > yo 'ntardhavati jantusu

> > pravocam: explained; bhakti-yogasya: of devotional service; svarupam: the identity; te: to you; catuh-vidham: in four divisions; kalasya: of time; ca: also; avyakta-gateh: the movement of which is imperceptible; yah: which; antardhavati: chases; jantusu: the living entities.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear mother, I have explained to you the process of devotional service and its identity in four different social divisions. I have explained to you as well how eternal time is chasing the living entities, although it is imperceptible to them.

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> > TEXT 38

> > jivasya samsrtir bahvir

> > avidya-karma-nirmitah

> > yasv anga pravisann atma

> > na veda gatim atmanah

> > jivasya: of the living entity; samsrtih: courses of material existence; bahvih: many; avidya: in ignorance; karma: by work; nirmitah: produced; yasu: into which; anga: My dear mother; pravisan: entering; atma: the living entity; na: not; veda: understands; gatim: the movement; atmanah: of himself.

> > TRANSLATION

> > There are varieties of material existence for the living entity according to the work he performs in ignorance or forgetfulness of his real identity. My dear mother, if anyone enters into that forgetfulness, he is unable to understand where his movements will end.

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> > TEXT 39

> > naitat khalayopadisen

> > navinitaya karhicit

> > na stabdhaya na bhinnaya

> > naiva dharma-dhvajaya ca

> > na: not; etat: this instruction; khalaya: to the envious; upadiset: one should teach; na: not; avinitaya: to the agnostic; karhicit: ever; na: not; stabdhaya: to the proud; na: not; bhinnaya: to the misbehaved; na: not; eva: certainly; dharma-dhvajaya: to the hypocrites; ca: also.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Lord Kapila continued: This instruction is not meant for the envious, for the agnostics or for persons who are unclean in their behavior. Nor is it for hypocrites or for persons who are proud of material possessions.

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> > TEXT 40

> > na lolupayopadisen

> > na grharudha-cetase

> > nabhaktaya ca me jatu

> > na mad-bhakta-dvisam api

> > na: not; lolupaya: to the greedy; upadiset: one should instruct; na: not; grha-arudha-cetase: to one who is too attached to family life; na: not; abhaktaya: to the nondevotee; ca: and; me: of Me; jatu: ever; na: not; mat: My; bhakta: devotees; dvisam: to those who are envious of; api: also.

> > TRANSLATION

> > It is not to be instructed to persons who are too greedy and too attached to family life, nor to persons who are nondevotees and who are envious of the devotees and of the Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 41

> > sraddadhanaya bhaktaya

> > vinitayanasuyave

> > bhutesu krta-maitraya

> > susrusabhirataya ca

> > sraddadhanaya: faithful; bhaktaya: to the devotee; vinitaya: respectful; anasuyave: nonenvious; bhutesu: to all living entities; krta-maitraya: friendly; susrusa: faithful service; abhirataya: eager to render; ca: and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Instruction should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the spiritual master, nonenvious, friendly to all kinds of living entities and eager to render service with faith and sincerity.

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> > TEXT 42

> > bahir jata-viragaya

> > santa-cittaya diyatam

> > nirmatsaraya sucaye

> > yasyaham preyasam priyah

> > bahih: for what is outside; jata-viragaya: to him who has developed detachment; santa-cittaya: whose mind is peaceful; diyatam: let this be instructed; nirmatsaraya: nonenvious; sucaye: perfectly cleansed; yasya: of whom; aham: I; preyasam: of all that is very dear; priyah: the most dear.

> > TRANSLATION

> > This instruction should be imparted by the spiritual master to persons who have taken the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be more dear than anything, who are not envious of anyone, who are perfectly cleansed and who have developed detachment for that which is outside the purview of Krsna consciousness.

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> > TEXT 43

> > ya idam srnuyad amba

> > sraddhaya purusah sakrt

> > yo vabhidhatte mac-cittah

> > sa hy eti padavim ca me

> > yah: he who; idam: this; srnuyat: may hear; amba: O mother; sraddhaya: with faith; purusah: a person; sakrt: once; yah: he who; va: or; abhidhatte: repeats; mat-cittah: his mind fixed on Me; sah: he; hi: certainly; eti: attains; padavim: abode; ca: and; me: My.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Anyone who once meditates upon Me with faith and affection, who hears and chants about Me, surely goes back home, back to Godhead.

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