252 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 5
The cause of such gross ignorance is constant engagement by the
materialistic man in the matter of artificially increasing material demands
of life. To realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one has to purify
the materialistic senses by devotional service. The mode of goodness, or
the brahminical culture recommended in the Vedic literatures, is helpful
lo such spiritual realization, and thus the jidna-sakti stage of the con-
ditioned soul is comparatively better than the other two stages, namely
dravya-sakti and kriya-sakti. The whole material civilization is manifested
by a huge accumulation of materials, or, in other words, raw materials for
industrial purposes, and the industrial enterprises (kriyd-sakti) are all due
lo gross ignorance of spiritual life. In order to rectify this great anomaly
of materialistic civilization, based on the principles of dravya-sakti and
kriyd-Sakli, one has to adopt the process of devotional service of the Lord
by adoption of the principles of karma-yoga, mentioned in the Bhagavad-
gild as follows:
yat karosi yad asndasi yaj juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyast kaunteya tat kurusva mad arpanam.
(Bg. 9.27)
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ama = qarefigaionggan: |
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TS AAT YM: A eg Az RETTTT: RAM
tamasdd api bhiitader
vikurvandd abhiin nabhah
tasya matraé gunah sabdo
lingam yad drastr-drsyayoh
tamasat—from the darkness of false ego; api—certainly; bhiita-ddeh—of
the material elements; vikurvdnat—because of transformation; abhit—gen-
erated; nabhah—the sky; tasya—its; matra—subtle form: gunah—quality;
sabdah—sound; lingam—characteristics; yat—as its; drastr—the seer; drsya-
yoh—of what is seen.
TRANSLATION
From the darkness of false ego, the first of the five elements, namely
