Text 14] The Harnsa-guhya Prayers 203

TEXT 14
a: agerfad 2e AERA |
MARTA Iq A TAATIA U2 vl

yah samutpatitam deha
Gkasan manyum ulbanam
dtma-jijidsaya yacchet
sa gunan ativartate

yah—anyone who; samutpatitam—suddenly awakened; dehe—in the
body; akasat—from the sky; manyum—anger; ulbanam—powerful;,
atma-jijfidsayd —by inquiry into spiritual realization or self-realization;
yacchet—subdues; sah—that person; gunan—the modes of material
nature; ativartate—transcends.

TRANSLATION

One who inquires into self-realization and thus subdues his
powerful anger—which awakens suddenly in the body as if falling
from the sky—transcends the influence of the modes of material
nature,

PURPORT

When one becomes angry, he forgets himself and his situation, but if
one is able to consider his situation by knowledge, one transcends the in-
fluence of the modes of material nature. One is always a servant of lusty
desires, anger, greed, illusion, envy and so forth, but if one obtains sufh-
cient strength in spiritual advancement, one can control them. One who
obtains such control will always be transcendentally situated, untouched
by the modes of material nature. This is only possible when one fully

engages in the service of the Lord. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita
(14.26):

mam ca yo ‘vyabhicadrena
bhakti-yogena sevate

sa gundn samatityaitan
brahma-bhiyaya kalpate
