CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
TEXT 1
श्रीभगवानुवाच
अथ ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वानां लक्षणं पृथक् । यद्विदित्वा विमुच्येत पुरुषः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः ॥ १ ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca atha te sampravakṣyāmi tattvānām lakṣaṇam pṛthak yad viditvā vimucyeta puruṣaḥ prākṛtair guṇaiḥ
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Personality of Godhead said; atha—now; te—to you; sampravakṣyāmi—I shall describe; tattvānām—of the categories of the Absolute Truth; lakṣaṇam—the distinctive features; pṛthak—one by one; yat—which; viditvā—knowing; vimucyeta—one can be released; puruṣaḥ—any person; prākṛtaiḥ—of the material nature; guṇaiḥ—from the modes.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead, Kapila, continued: My dear mother, now I shall describe unto you the different categories of the Absolute Truth, knowing which any person can be released from the influence of the modes of material nature.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, only through devotional service ( bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ). As stated in the  Bhāgavatam , the object of devotional service is  mām ,  Kṛṣṇa . And, as explained in the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta , to understand  Kṛṣṇa  means to understand  Kṛṣṇa  in His
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