162 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16
evam viparyayam buddhva
nrnam vijnabhimaninam
Gtmanas ca gatim sitksmam
sthana-traya-vilaksanam
drsta-srutabhir matrabhir
nirmuktah svena tejasa
Jhana-vijnana-santrpto
mad-bhaktah puruso bhavet
evam—in this way; viparyayam—reversal; buddhvd—realizing;
nrndm—of men; vijfia-abhimanindm—who think of themselves as full
of scientific knowledge; atmanah—of the self; ca—also; gatim—the
progress; sitksmam—extremely difficult to understand; sthéna-traya—
the three conditions of life (deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness);
vilaksandm—apart from; drsta—directly perceived; srutabhih—or
understood by information from authorities; matrabhih—from objects;
nirmuktah—being freed; svena—by one’s own; tejasd—strength of con-
sideration; jfadna-vijidna—with knowledge and practical application of
the knowledge; santrptah—being fully satisfied; mat-bhaktah—My
devotee; purusah—a person; bhavet—should become.
TRANSLATION
One should understand that the activities of persons who are
proud of their material experience bring only results contradic-
tory to those such persons conceive while awake, sleeping and
deeply sleeping. One should further understand that the spirit
soul, although very difficult for the materialist to perceive, is
above all these conditions, and by the strength of one’s discrimina-
tion, one should give up the desire for fruitive results in the
present life and in the next. Thus becoming experienced in tran-
scendental knowledge, one should become My devotee.
TEXT 63
CaaTaa yaaainagerafaty: |
ani: aaa Rat ae neal
