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Lord Rṣabhadeva's Teachings
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adhyātma-yogena vivikta-sevayā prāṇendriyātmābhijayena sadhryak sac-chraddhayā brahmacaryeṇa śaśvad asampramādena yamena vācām
sarvatra mad-bhāva-vicakṣaṇena jñānena vijñāna-virājitena yogena dhṛty-udyama-sattva-yukto lingaṁ vyapohet kuśalo 'ham-ākhyam
haṁse —who is a  paramahaṁsa , or the most exalted, spiritually advanced person;  gurau —to the spiritual master;  mayi —unto Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhaktyā —by devotional service;  anuvṛtyā —by following;  vitṛṣṇayā —by detachment from sense gratification;  dvandva —of the dualities of the material world;  titikṣayā —by tolerance;  ca —also;  sarvatra —everywhere;  jantoḥ —of the living entity;  vyasana —the miserable condition of life;  avagatyā —by realizing;  jijñāsayā —by inquiring about the truth;  tapasā —by practicing austerities and penances;  īhā-nivṛttyā —by giving up the endeavor for sense enjoyment;  mat-karmabhiḥ —by working for Me;  mat-kathayā —by hearing topics about Me;  ca —also;  nityam —always;  mat-deva-saṅgāt —by association with My devotees;  guṇa-kīrtanāt me —by chanting and glorifying My transcendental qualities;  nirvaira —being without enmity;  sāmya —seeing everyone equally by spiritual understanding;  upaśamena —by subduing anger, lamentation and so on:  putrāḥ —O sons;  jihāsayā —by desiring to give up:  deha —with the body;  geha —with the home;  ātma-buddheḥ —identification of the self:  adhyātma-yogena —by study of the revealed scriptures;  vivikta-sevayā —by living in a solitary place:  prāṇa —the life air;  indriya —the senses;  ātma —the mind;  abhijayena —by controlling:  sadhryak —completely;  sat-śraddhayā —by developing faith in the scriptures:  brahmacaryeṇa —by observing celibacy;  śaśvat —always:  asampramādena —by not being bewildered;  yamena —by restraint:  vācām —of words;  sarvatra —everywhere;  mat-bhāva —thinking of Me;  vicakṣaṇena —by observing;  jñānena —by development of knowledge;  vijñāna —by practical application of knowledge;  virājitena —illumined: