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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.25

భేజిరే మునయోఽథాగ్రే భగవన్తమధోక్షజమ్ । సత్త్వం విశుద్ధం క్షేమాయ కల్పన్తే యేఽను తానిహ ॥ ౨౫ ॥
bhejire munayo ’thāgre
[bhejire munayo ’thaagre]
bhagavantam adhokṣajam
[bhagavantam adhokshajam]
sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ kṣemāya
[sattvam vishuddham kshemaaya]
kalpante ye ’nu tān iha
[kalpante ye ’nu taan iha]
Word-for-word
bhejire — rendered service unto munayaḥ — the sages atha — thus agre — previously bhagavantam — unto the Personality of Godhead adhokṣajam — the Transcendence sattvam — existence viśuddham — above the three modes of nature kṣemāya — to derive the ultimate benefit kalpante — deserve ye — those anu — follow tān — those iha — in this material world.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhejire munayo ’thāgre
bhejire
rendered service unto
munayaḥ
the sages
bhagavantam adhokṣajam
sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ kṣemāya
atha
thus
agre
previously
bhagavantam
unto the Personality of Godhead
adhokṣajam
the Transcendence
sattvam
existence
viśuddham
above the three modes of nature
kṣemāya
to derive the ultimate benefit
kalpante ye ’nu tān iha
kalpante
deserve
ye
those
anu
follow
tān
those
iha
in this material world.
Previously all the great sages rendered service unto the Personality of Godhead due to His existence above the three modes of material nature. They worshiped Him to become free from material conditions and thus derive the ultimate benefit. Whoever follows such great authorities is also eligible for liberation from the material world.
Purport

The purpose of performing religion is neither to profit by material gain nor to get the simple knowledge of discerning matter from spirit. The ultimate aim of religious performances is to release oneself from material bondage and regain the life of freedom in the transcendental world, where the Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Person. Laws of religion, therefore, are directly enacted by the Personality of Godhead, and except for the mahājanas, or the authorized agents of the Lord, no one knows the purpose of religion. There are twelve particular agents of the Lord who know the purpose of religion, and all of them render transcendental service unto Him. Persons who desire their own good may follow these mahājanas and thus attain the supreme benefit.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Therefore the ancient sages worshipped Supreme Lord, beyond the material senses, composed of viśuddha-sattva. Those who follow the sages attain liberation in this world.
Commentary

Thus (ataḥ), the sages in ancient times worshipped the Supreme Lord, who is viśuddha-sattva. Viśuddha-sattva means having a body composed of the cit-śakti arising from his svarūpa (not material sattva), because the śruti says vidyāvidyābhyāṁ bhinnam: the Lord is neither material knowledge (sattva) nor ignorance. (Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad 2.20) Furthermore the smṛti says chāyātapau yatra na gṛdhra-pakṣau: in the Lord there is no ignorance or knowledge which causes prejudice towards the jīva. (SB 8.5.27) satya-jṣānānantānanda-mātraika-rasa-mūrtayaḥ: the viṣṇu-mūrtis all had eternal, unlimited forms, full of knowledge and bliss and existing beyond the influence of time. (SB 10.13.54) Because the body of Viṣṇu is beyond māyā, one cannot say that viśuddha-sattva means the vidyā arising from māyā-śakti. The persons who follow after (anu) these sages are qualified for liberation (kṣemāya) in this world (iha).

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