180 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 5
yogena—by practice of bhakti-yoga; dhrti—patience: udyama—
enthusiasm; sattva—discretion; yuktah—endowed with: lingam—the
cause of material bondage; vyapohet—one can give up; kusalah—in full
auspiciousness: aham-dkhyam—false ego, false identification with the
material world.
TRANSLATION

O My sons, you should accept a highly elevated paramaharisa, a
spiritually advanced spiritual master. In this way, you should place
your faith and love in Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
You should detest sense gratification and tolerate the duality of
pleasure and pain, which are like the seasonal changes of summer
and winter. Try to realize the miserable condition of living en-
tities, who are miserable even in the higher planetary systems.
Philosophically inquire about the truth. Then undergo all kinds of
austerities and penances for the sake of devotional service. Give up
the endeavor for sense enjoyment and engage in the service of the
Lord. Listen to discussions about the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and always associate with devotees. Chant about and
glorify the Supreme Lord, and look upon everyone equally on the
spiritual platform. Give up enmity and subdue anger and lamenta-
tion. Abandon identifying the self with the body and the home,
and practice reading the revealed scriptures. Live in a secluded
place and practice the process by which you can completely control
your life air, mind and senses. Have full faith in the revealed scrip-
tures, the Vedic literatures, and always observe celibacy. Perform
your prescribed duties and avoid unnecessary talks. Always
thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, acquire
knowledge from the right source. Thus practicing bhakti-yoga,
you will patiently and enthusiastically be elevated in knowledge
and will be able to give up the false ego.

PURPORT

In these four verses, Rsabhadeva tells His sons how they can be freed
from the false identification arising from false ego and material con-
ditional life. One gradually becomes liberated by practicing as mentioned
