Text 14] The Harnsa-guhya Prayers 203
TEXT 14
a: ageafad 2e AHRNEAAeIT |
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
