Text 14]
The Hamsa-guhya Prayers
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TEXT 14
यः समुत्पतितं देह आकाशान्मन्युमुल्बणम् । आत्मजिज्ञासया यच्छेत् स गुणानतिवर्तते ॥१४॥
yaḥ samutpatitam deha ākāśān manyum ulbaṇam ātma-jijñāsayā yacchet sa guṇān ativartate
yaḥ —anyone who;  samutpatitam —suddenly awakened;  dehe —in the body;  ākāśāt —from the sky;  manyum —anger;  ulbaṇam —powerful;  ātma-jijñāsayā —by inquiry into spiritual realization or self-realization;  yacchet —subdues;  saḥ —that person;  guṇān —the modes of material nature;  ativartate —transcends.
TRANSLATION
One who inquires into self-realization and thus subdues his powerful anger—which awakens suddenly in the body as if falling from the sky—transcends the influence of the modes of material nature.
PURPORT
When one becomes angry, he forgets himself and his situation, but if one is able to consider his situation by knowledge, one transcends the influence of the modes of material nature. One is always a servant of lusty desires, anger, greed, illusion, envy and so forth, but if one obtains sufficient strength in spiritual advancement, one can control them. One who obtains such control will always be transcendentally situated, untouched by the modes of material nature. This is only possible when one fully engages in the service of the Lord. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (14.26):
mām ca yo 'yabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate