Text 19] The Lord in the Heart 93

service of the Lord. In everything, the devotee sees the Lord, and he sees
everything in the Lord. The specific disturbance created by a duratma, or
crooked soul, is due to his maintaining that the transcendental form of
the Lord is something material.

TEXT 19

mi aes arate
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enfaian ter a adie
BNAY TARAS: 28

ittham munis tiiparamed vyavasthito
vijndna-drg-virya-surandhitasayah

sva-parsninapidya gudam tato ’nilam
sthdnesu satsiinnamayej jita-klariah

ittham—thus, by Brahman realization; munih—the philosopher; tu—but;
uparamet—should retire; vyavasthitah—well situated; vijidna-drk—by scien-
tific knowledge; virya—strength; su-randhita—well regulated; asayah—aim
of life; sva-parsnina—with the heel of one’s foot; apidya—by blocking;
gudam—air hole; tatah—thereafter; anilam—life air; sthdnesu—in the
places; satsu—six primary; unnamayet—must be lifted; jita-klamah—by
extinguishing material desires.

TRANSLATION

By the strength of scientific knowledge, one should be well situated in
absolute realization and thus be able to extinguish all material desires and
then give up the material body by blocking the air hole [through which
stool is evacuated] with the heel of one’s foot and lifting the life air from
one place to the other in the six primary places.

PURPORT

There are many duratmas who claim to have realized themselves as
Brahman and yet are unable to conquer material desires. In the Bhagavad-
