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[Canto 9, Ch. 7]
essence. Thus he gave them imperishable knowledge for fulfillment of the human mission.
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मनः पृथिव्यां तामद्भिस्तेजसापोऽनिलेन तत् ।
खे वायुं धारयंस्तच्च भूतादौ तं महात्मनि ॥२५॥
तस्मिञ्चानकलां ध्यात्वा तयाज्ञानं विनिर्दहन् ।
हित्वा तां स्वेन मावेन निर्वाणसुखसंविदा ।
अनिर्देश्याप्रतर्क्येण तस्यौ विध्वस्तबन्धनः ॥२६॥
manaḥ pṛthivyāṁ tām adbhis
tejasāpo 'nilena tat
khe vāyuṁ dhārayaṁs tac ca
bhūtādau taṁ mahātmani
tasmiñ jñāna-kalāṁ dhyātvā
tayājñānaṁ vinirdahan
hitvā tāṁ svena bhāvena
nirvāṇa-sukha-saṁvidā
anirdeśyāpratarkyeṇa
tasthau vidhvasta-bandhanaḥ
manaḥ —the mind (full of material desires for eating, sleeping, mating and defending);  pṛthivyāṁ —in the earth;  tām —that;  adbhiḥ —with water;  tejasā —and with fire;  apaḥ —the water;  anilena —in the fire;  tat —that;  khe —in the sky;  vāyuṁ —the air;  dhārayan —amalgamating;  tat —that;  ca —also;  bhūta-ādau —in the false ego, the origin of material existence;  tam —that (false ego);  mahā-ātmani —in the  mahat-tattva , the total material energy;  tasmin —in the total material energy;  jñāna-kalāṁ —spiritual knowledge and its different branches;  dhyātvā —by meditating;  tayā —by this process;  ajñānam —ignorance;  vinirdahan —specifically subdued;  hitvā —giving up;  tām —material ambition;  svena —by self-realization;  bhāvena —in devotional service;  nirvāṇa-sukha-saṁvidā —by transcendental bliss, putting an end to material existence;  anirdeśya —imperceptible;  apratarkyeṇa —inconceivable;