234 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 7

essence. Thus he gave them imperishable knowledge for
fulfillment of the human mission.

TEXTS 25-26
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manah prthivyam tam adbhis
tejasapo ’nilena tat

khe vayum dharayams tac ca
bhiitadau tam mahatmani

tasmin jridna-kalam dhyatva
tayajndnam vinirdahan

hitvad tar svena bhavena
nirvana-sukha-samvida

anirdesydapratarkyena
tasthau vidhvasta-bandhanah

manah—the mind (full of material desires for eating, sleeping, mat-
ing and defending); prthivyam—in the earth; tam—that; adbhih—with
water; tejasd—and with fire; apah—the water; anilena—in the fire;
tat—that; khe—in the sky; vaéyum—the air; dhdrayan —amalgamating;
tat—that; ca—also; bhiita-adau—in the false ego, the origin of material
existence; tam—that (false ego); mahd-dtmani—in the mahat-tattva,
the total material energy; tasmin—in the total material energy; jfidna-
kalam—spiritual knowledge and its different branches; dhydtva —by
meditating; taya—by this process; ajfidnam—ignorance; vinirdahan—
specifically subdued; hitua—giving up; taém—material ambition;
svena—by self-realization; bhadvena—in devotional service; nirvdna-
sukha-sarnvida—by transcendental bliss, putting an end to material
existence; anirdes’ya—imperceptible; apratarkyena—inconceivable;
