Text 72] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1131
knowledge; vivicya—considering carefully; atmani—in the body; cintayet—
one should contemplate.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, through devotion, detachment and advancement in spiritual
knowledge acquired through concentrated devotional service, one should
contemplate that Supersoul as present in this very body, although simul-
taneously apart from it.

PURPORT

One can realize the Supersoul within oneself. He is within one’s body
but apart from the body, or transcendental to the body. Although sitting
in the same body as the individual soul, the Supersoul has no affection for
the body, whereas the individual soul does. One has to detach himself,
therefore, from this material body, by discharging devotional service. It is
clearly mentioned here (bhaktya) that one has to execute devotional ser-
vice to the Supreme. As it is stated in the First Canto, Second Chapter, of
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhag. 1.2.7), vdsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayo-
Jitah. When Vasudeva, the all-pervading Visnu, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, is served in completely pure devotion, then detachment from the
material world immediately begins. The purpose of saikhya is to detach
oneself from material contamination. This can be achieved simply by
devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

When one is detached from the attraction of material prosperity, one
can actually concentrate his mind upon the Supersoul. As long as the
mind is distracted toward the material, there is no possibility of concentra-
ting one’s mind and intelligence upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead
or His partial representation, Supersoul. In other words, one cannot con-
centrate his mind and energy upon the Supreme unless he is detached from
the material world. Following detachment from the material world, one
can actually attain transcendental knowledge of the Absolute Truth. As
long as one is entangled in sense enjoyment or material enjoyment, it is
not possible to understand the Absolute Truth. This is also confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita (18.54). One who is freed from material contamination is
joyful and can enter into devotional service, and by devotional service he
can be liberated.

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, it is stated that one becomes
joyful by discharging devotional service. In that joyful attitude, one can
understand the science of God, or Krsna consciousness; otherwise it is not
