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यदात्मानमविज्ञाय भगवन्तं परं गुरुम् ।
पुरुषस्तु विषज्जेत गुणेषु प्रकृतेः स्वदृक् ।
गुणाभिमानी स तदा कर्माणि कुरुते ऽवशः ।
शुक्लं कृष्णं लोहितं वा यथाकर्माभिजायते ॥ २७ ॥

yadatmanam avijnaya

bhagavantam param gurum

purusas tu visajjeta

gunesu prakrteh sva-drk

gunabhimani sa tada

karmani kurute 'vasah

suklam krsnam lohitam va

yatha-karmabhijayate

yada-when; atmanam-the Supreme Soul; avijnaya-forgetting; bhagavantam-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param-supreme; gurum-the instructor; purusah-the living entity; tu-then; visajjeta-gives himself up; gunesu-to the modes; prakrteh-of material nature; sva-drk-one who can see his own welfare; guna-abhimani-identified with the modes of nature; sah-he; tada-at that time; karmani-fruitive activities; kurute-performs; avasah-spontaneously; suklam-white; krsnam-black; lohitam-red; va-or; yatha-according to; karma-work; abhijayate-takes birth.