Text 30] The Lord in the Heart 109

PURPORT

Beyond the sky there are subtle coverings, as in the case of the
elementary coverings of the universes. The gross coverings are a develop-
ment of partial ingredients of the subtle causes. So the yogi or devotee,
along with liquidation of the gross elements, relinquishes the subtle causes
like the flavor by smelling, etc. The pure spiritual spark, the living entity,
thus becomes completely cleansed of all material contamination to become
eligible for entrance into the kingdom of God.

TEXT 30

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sa bhitta-siksmendriya-sannikarsam
manomayam devamayam vikaryam

samsdadya gatyd saha tena yati
vijidna-tattvam guna-sannirodham

sah—he (the devotee); bhita—the gross; siksma—and the subtle; indriya
—senses; sannikarsam—the point of neutralization; manomayam—mental
plane: devamayam—in the mode of goodness; vikadryam—egoism; samsadya
—surpassing; gatyad—by the progress; saha—along with; tena—them; yati—
goes; vijidna—perfect knowledge; tattvam—truth; guna—material modes;
sannirodham—completely suspended.

TRANSLATION

The devotee, thus surpassing the gross and the subtle forms of cov-
erings, enters the plane of egoism. And in that status he merges the material
modes of nature [ignorance and passion] in this point of neutralization
and thus reaches egoism of goodness. After this, all egoism is merged in
the mahat-tattva, and he comes to the point of pure self-realization.
