1018 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch, 25
vitarn yada manah suddham
aduhkham asukham samam

aham—I; mama—mine; abhimana—from the misconception; utthaih—
produced; kama—lust; lobha—greed; adibhih—and so on; malaih—from the
impurities; vitam—freed; yada—when; manah—the mind; suddham—pure;
aduhkham—without distress; asukham—without happiness; samam—
equipoised.

TRANSLATION

When one is completely cleansed of the impurities of lust and greed
produced from the false indentification of the body as “I” and bodily
possessions as ‘“‘mine,”’ one’s mind becomes purified. In that pure state he
transcends the stage of so-called material happiness and distress.

PURPORT

Kama and lobha are the symptoms of material existence. Everyone
always desires to possess something. It is said here that desire and greed
are the products of false identification of oneself with the body. When one
becomes free from this contamination, then his mind and consciousness
also become freed and attain their original state. Mind, consciousness and
the living entity exist. Whenever we speak of the living entity, this includes
the mind and consciousness. The difference between conditional life and
liberated life occurs when we purify the mind and the consciousness. When
they are purified, one becomes transcendental to material happiness and
distress.

In the beginning Lord Kapila has said that perfect yoga is to transcend
the platform of material distress and happiness. How this can be done is
explained here: one has to purify his mind and consciousness. This can be
done by the bhakti-yoga system. As explained in the Narada-pajicaratra,
one’s mind and senses should be purified (fat-paratvena nirmalam). One’s
senses must be engaged in devotional service of the Lord. That is the pro-
cess. The mind must have some engagement. One cannot make the mind
vacant. Of course there are some foolish attempts to try to make the mind
vacant or void, but that is not possible. The only process that will purify
the mind is to engage it in Krsna. The mind must be engaged. If we engage
our mind in Krsna, naturally the consciousness becomes fully purified, and
there is no chance of the entrance of material desire and greed.
