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Кагма-уога
199.
sadrśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahah kiṁ kariṣyati
sadṛśam —accordingly;  ceṣṭate —tries;  svasyāḥ —in one’s own nature;  prakṛteḥ —modes;  jñānavān —the learned;  api —although;  prakṛtim —nature;  yānti —undergo;  bhūtāni —all living entities;  nigrahaḥ —suppression;  kim —what;  kariṣyati —can do.
TRANSLATION
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for every-one follows his nature. What can repression accomplish?
PURPORT
Unless one is situated on the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot get free from the influence of the modes of material nature, as it is confirmed by the Lord in the Seventh Chapter (7.14). Therefore, even for the most highly educated person on the mundane plane, it is impossible to get out of the entanglement of  māyā  simply by theoretical knowledge, or by separating the soul from the body. There are many so-called spiritualists who outwardly pose to be advanced in the science, but inwardly or privately are completely under the particular modes of nature which they are unable to surpass. Academically, one may be very learned, but because of his long association with material nature, he is in bondage. Kṛṣṇa consciousness helps one to get out of the material entanglement, even though one may be engaged in his prescribed duties. Therefore, without being fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, no one should suddenly give up his prescribed duties and become a so-called  yogī  or transcendentalist artificially. It is better to be situated in one's position and to try to attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness under superior training. Thus one may be freed from the clutches of  māyā .
TEXT 34
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ । तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥३४॥