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Jaḍa Bharata Instructs King Rahūgaṇa
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cellent source, are insufficient to bring about direct knowledge of the truth.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (2.45), Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna to become transcendental to the material activities impelled by the three material modes of nature ( traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna ). The purpose of Vedic study is to transcend the activities of the three modes of material nature. Of course in the material world the mode of goodness is accepted as the best, and one can be promoted to the higher planetary systems by being on the  sattva-guṇa  platform. However, that is not perfection. One must come to the conclusion that even the  sattva-guṇa  platform is also not good. One may dream that he has become a king with a good family, wife and children, but immediately at the end of that dream he comes to the conclusion that it is false. Similarly, all kinds of material happiness are undesirable for a person who wants spiritual salvation. If a person does not come to the conclusion that he has nothing to do with any kind of material happiness, he cannot come to the platform of understanding the Absolute Truth, or  tattva-jñāna .  Karmīs ,  jñānīs  and  yogīs  are after some material elevation. The  karmīs  work hard day and night for some bodily comfort, and the  jñānīs  simply speculate about how to get out of the entanglement of  karma  and merge into the Brahman effulgence. The  yogīs  are very much addicted to the acquisition of material perfection and magical powers. All of them are trying to be materially perfect, but a devotee very easily comes to the platform of  nirguṇa  in devotional service, and consequently for the devotee the results of  karma ,  jñāna  and  yoga  become very insignificant. Therefore only the devotee is on the platform of  tattva-jñāna , not the others. Of course the  jñānī 's position is better than that of the  karmī  but that position is also insufficient. The  jñānī  must actually become liberated, and after liberation he may be situated in devotional service ( mad-bhaktim labhate parām ).
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यावन्मनो रजसा पूरुषस्य सर्वेन वा तमसा वानुरुद्धम् ।