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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
dhyāna-yoga  the word  yoga  indicates  bhakti .  Bhakti-yoga , or  buddhi-yoga , executed with intelligence and full knowledge, is the only successful method for going back home, back to Godhead. If one wants to be liberated from the pangs of material existence, he should take to devotional service for quick attainment of this goal.
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श्रीनारद उवाच
एतावद्वर्णितगुणो भक्त्या भक्तेन निर्गुणः । प्रहादं प्रणतं प्रीतो यतमन्युरभाषत ॥५१॥
śrī-nārada uvāca   etāvad varṇita-guṇo   bhaktyā bhaktena nirguṇaḥ   prahrādam praṇatam prīto   yata-manyur abhāṣata
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca —Śrī Nārada Muni said;  etāvat —up to this;  varṇita —described;  guṇaḥ —transcendental qualities;  bhaktyā —with devotion;  bhaktena —by the devotee (Prahlāda Mahārāja);  nirguṇaḥ —the transcendental Lord;  prahrādam —unto Prahlāda Mahārāja;  praṇatam —who was surrendered at the lotus feet of the Lord;  prītaḥ —being pleased;  yata-manyuḥ —controlling the anger;  abhāṣata —began to speak (as follows).
TRANSLATION
The great saint Nārada said: Thus Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva was pacified by the devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja with prayers offered from the transcendental platform. The Lord gave up His anger, and being very kind to Prahlāda, who was offering prostrated obeisances, He spoke as follows.
PURPORT
The word  nirguṇa  is important. The Māyāvādī philosophers accept the Absolute Truth as  nirguṇa  or  nirākāra . The word  nirguṇa  refers to one who possesses no material qualities. The Lord, being full of spiritual qualities, gave up all His anger and spoke to Prahlāda.