Text 24] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva 255

tam—that personality; tvam—unto You; aham—I; jridna-ghanam—
Your Lordship, who are concentrated knowledge; suabhdva —by spiritual
nature; pradhvasta—free from contamination; mayd-guna—caused by
the three modes of material nature; bheda-mohaih—by exhibition of the
bewilderment of differentiation; sanandana-ddyaih—by such per-
sonalities as the four Kumaras (Sanat-kumara, Sanaka, Sanandana and
Sanatana); munibhih—by such great sages; vibhavyam—worshipable;
katham—how; vimidhah—being fooled by the material nature;
paribhdvayami—can I think of You.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, sages freed from the influence of the three modes of
material nature—sages such as the four Kumaras [Sanat, Sanaka,
Sanandana and Sanatanal] —are able to think of You, who are con-
centrated knowledge. But how can an ignorant person like me
think of You?

PURPORT

The word svabhava refers to one’s own spiritual nature or original
constitutional position. When situated in this original position, the living
entity is unaffected by the modes of material nature. Sa gundn
samatityaitan brahma-bhiiydya kalpate (Bg. 14.26). As soon as one is
freed from the influence of the three modes of materia) nature, he is
situated on the Brahman platform. Vivid examples of personalities thus
situated are the four Kumaras and Narada. Such authorities can by
nature understand the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
but a conditioned soul not freed from the influence of material nature is
unable to realize the Supreme. In Bhagavad-gita (2.45), therefore,
Krsna advises Arjuna, traigunya-visayd veda nistraigunyo bhavarjuna:
one must rise above the influence of the three modes of material nature.
One who stays within the influence of the three material modes is unable
to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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