Text 14] The History of the Life of Ajamila 19

Gruhya krcchrena param padam tatah
patanty adho ’ndédrta-yusmad-anghrayah
(Bhag. 10.2.32)

Because of ignorance, one speculatively thinks himself liberated from
material contamination although actually he is not. Therefore even if one
rises to brahma-jfdna, understanding of Brahman, one nevertheless
falls down because of not taking shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna. None-
theless, jridnis at least know what is sinful and what is pious, and they
very cautiously act according to the injunctions of the Sdstras.

TEXTS 13-14

TT THAT Wt 3a wa |
ata Aaa aat aya Fay ATM

Rarghast Ha wat: agafiaa: |
frqad neate Faaeafiaas: evil

tapasad brahmacaryena
Samena ca damena ca

tyagena satya-saucabhyarm
yamena niyamena va

deha-vag-buddhijam dhira
dharmajnah sraddhayanvitah

ksipanty agham mahad api
venu-gulmam ivanalah

tapasd—by austerity or voluntary rejection of material enjoyment;
brahmacaryena—by celibacy (the first austerity); samena—by controll-
ing the mind; ca—and; damena—by fully controlling the senses; ca—
also; tyagena—by voluntarily giving charity to good causes; satya —by
truthfulness; saucabhyam—and by following regulative principles to
keep oneself internally and externally clean; yamena—by avoiding
cursing and violence; niyamena—by regularly chanting the holy name

of the Lord; va—and; deha-vak-buddhi-jam—performed by the body,
