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Knowledge of the Absolute is
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TRANSLATION
I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O Lord of the Bhāratas [Arjuna].
PURPORT
The strong man's strength should be applied to protect the weak, not for personal aggression. Similarly, sex life, according to religious principles ( dharma ), should be for the propagation of children, not otherwise. The responsibility of parents is then to make their offspring Kṛṣṇa conscious.
TEXT 12
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये । 
    मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥ १२ ॥
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi
ye —all those;  ca —and;  eva —certainly;  sāttvikāḥ —in goodness;  bhāvāḥ —states of being;  rājasāḥ —mode of passion;  tāmasāḥ —mode of ignorance;  ca —also;  ye —although;  mattaḥ —from Me;  eva —certainly;  iti —thus;  tān —those;  viddhi —try to know;  na —not;  tu —but;  aham —I;  teṣu —in those;  te —they;  mayi —unto Me.
TRANSLATION
All states of being—be they of goodness, passion or ignorance—are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything—but I am independent. I am not under the modes of this material nature.
PURPORT
All material activities in the world are being conducted under the three modes of material nature. Although these material modes of nature are