CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Understanding Material Nature
TEXT I
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्रकृतिस्योऽपि पुरुषो नाज्यते प्राकृतैर्गुणैः । अविकारादकर्तृत्वाभिर्गुणत्वाजलार्कवत् ॥ १ ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca prakṛti-stho 'pi puruṣo nājyate prākṛtair guṇaiḥ avikārād akartṛtvān nirguṇatvāj jalārkavat
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Personality of Godhead said; prakṛti-sthaḥ—residing in the material body; api—although; puruṣaḥ—the living entity; na—not; ajyate—is affected; prākṛtaiḥ—of material nature; guṇaiḥ—by the modes; avikārāt—from being without change; akartṛtvāt—by freedom from proprietorship; nirguṇatvāt—from being unaffected by the qualities of material nature; jala—on water; arka-vat—like the sun.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead Kapila continued: When the living entity is thus unaffected by the modes of material nature, because he is unchanging and does not claim proprietorship, he remains apart from the reaction of the modes, although abiding in a material body, just as the sun remains aloof from its reflection on water.
PURPORT
In the previous chapter Lord Kapiladeva has concluded that simply by beginning the discharge of devotional service one can attain detachment
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