TEXTS 6162
evam viparyayam buddhva
nrnam vijnabhimaninam
atmanas ca gatim suksmam
sthana-traya-vilaksanam
drsta-srutabhir matrabhir
nirmuktah svena tejasa
jnana-vijnana-santrpto
mad-bhaktah puruso bhavet
SYNONYMS
evamin this way; viparyayamreversal; buddhvarealizing; nrnamof men; vijna-abhimaninamwho think of themselves as full of scientific knowledge; atmanahof the self; caalso; gatimthe progress; suksmamextremely difficult to understand; sthana-trayathe three conditions of life (deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness); vilaksanamapart from; drstadirectly perceived; srutabhihor understood by information from authorities; matrabhihfrom objects; nirmuktahbeing freed; svenaby ones own; tejasastrength of consideration; jnana-vijnanawith knowledge and practical application of the knowledge; santrptahbeing fully satisfied; mat-bhaktahMy devotee; purusaha person; bhavetshould become.
TRANSLATION
One should understand that the activities of persons who are proud of their material experience bring only results contradictory to those such persons conceive while awake, sleeping and deeply sleeping. One should further understand that the spirit soul, although very difficult for the materialist to perceive, is above all these conditions, and by the strength of ones discrimination, one should give up the desire for fruitive results in the present life and in the next. Thus becoming experienced in transcendental knowledge, one should become My devotee.

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