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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.11.15

न यावदेतां तनुभृन्नरेन्द्र विधूय मायां वयुनोदयेन । विमुक्तसङ्गो जितषट्‌सपत्नो वेदात्मतत्त्वं भ्रमतीह तावत् ॥ १५ ॥
na yāvad etāṁ tanu-bhṛn narendra
[na yaavad etaam tanu-bhrin narendra]
vidhūya māyāṁ vayunodayena
[vidhooya maayaam vayunodayena]
vimukta-saṅgo jita-ṣaṭ-sapatno
[vimukta-sango jita-shat-sapatno]
vedātma-tattvaṁ bhramatīha tāvat
[vedaatma-tattvam bhramateeha taavat]
Word-for-word
na — not yāvat — as long as etām — this tanu-bhṛt — one who has accepted a material body narendra — O King vidhūya māyām — washing away the infection accumulated because of contamination by the material world vayunā udayena — by awakening of transcendental knowledge due to good association and study of the Vedic literatures vimukta-saṅgaḥ — free from all material association jita-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ — conquering the six enemies (the five knowledge-acquiring senses and the mind) veda — knows ātma-tattvam — spiritual truth bhramati — he wanders iha — in this material world tāvat — until that time.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na yāvad etāṁ tanu-bhṛn narendra
na
not
yāvat
as long as
etām
this
tanu-bhṛt
one who has accepted a material body
narendra
O King
vidhūya māyāṁ vayunodayena
vidhūya māyām
washing away the infection accumulated because of contamination by the material world
vayunā udayena
by awakening of transcendental knowledge due to good association and study of the Vedic literatures
vimukta-saṅgo jita-ṣaṭ-sapatno
vimukta-saṅgaḥ
free from all material association
jita-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ
conquering the six enemies (the five knowledge-acquiring senses and the mind)
vedātma-tattvaṁ bhramatīha tāvat
veda
knows
ātma-tattvam
spiritual truth
bhramati
he wanders
iha
in this material world
tāvat
until that time.
My dear King Rahūgaṇa, as long as the conditioned soul accepts the material body and is not freed from the contamination of material enjoyment, and as long as he does not conquer his six enemies and come to the platform of self-realization by awakening his spiritual knowledge, he has to wander among different places and different species of life in this material world.
Purport

When one’s mind is absorbed in the material conception, he thinks that he belongs to a particular nation, family, country or creed. These are all called upādhis, designations, and one has to become freed from them ( sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam ). As long as one is not freed, he has to continue conditioned life in material existence. The human form of life is meant for cleansing away these misconceptions. If this is not done, one has to repeat the cycle of birth and death and thus suffer all material conditions.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
As long as the jīva does not know the truth about the Lord, after having destroyed māyā, and is not freed of ignorance by appearance of knowledge, he must wander in this world. It has been said that the liberated jiva free from ignorance eternally has knowledge in the form of thinking of the Lord. The jīvas subjected to ignorance however must perform sādhana to become free of ignorance. As long as one does not know the truth about ātmā, after destroying māyā, and is not free of material association by the appearance of knowledge of the Lord (vayunā udayena), he will wander in this world.
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Personal Guidance
As long as the soul accepts the body, has not conquered the six enemies, and has not awakened to itself, it must keep wandering through births. The path out is the path of self-recognition, and it begins in this human birth.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of the six enemies — lust, anger, greed, pride, illusion, envy — currently has the firmest grip on you?
  • What concrete step toward conquering even one of them could you take this week?
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