SB 11.25.35 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.35

సత్త్వం చాభిజయేద్ యుక్తో నైరపేక్ష్యేణ శాన్తధీ: । సమ్పద్యతే గుణైర్ముక్తో జీవో జీవం విహాయ మామ్ ॥ ౩౫ ॥

sattvaṁ cābhijayed yukto

[sattvam chaabhijayed yukto]

nairapekṣyeṇa śānta-dhīḥ

[nairapekshyena shaanta-dheeh]

sampadyate guṇair mukto

[sampadyate gunair mukto]

jīvo jīvaṁ vihāya mām

[jeevo jeevam vihaaya maam]

Word-for-word

sattvam — the mode of goodness ca — also abhijayet — he should conquer yuktaḥ — engaged in devotional service nairapekṣyeṇa — by being indifferent to the modes śānta — pacified dhīḥ — whose intelligence sampadyate — he achieves guṇaiḥ — from the modes of nature muktaḥ — liberated jīvaḥ — the living entity jīvam — the cause of his being conditioned vihāya — giving up mām — Me.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

sattvaṁ cābhijayed yukto

sattvam

the mode of goodness

also

abhijayet

he should conquer

yuktaḥ

engaged in devotional service

nairapekṣyeṇa śānta-dhīḥ

nairapekṣyeṇa

by being indifferent to the modes

śānta

pacified

dhīḥ

whose intelligence

sampadyate guṇair mukto

sampadyate

he achieves

guṇaiḥ

from the modes of nature

muktaḥ

liberated

jīvo jīvaṁ vihāya mām

jīvaḥ

the living entity

jīvam

the cause of his being conditioned

vihāya

giving up

mām

Me.

Then, being fixed in devotional service, the sage should also conquer the material mode of goodness by indifference toward the modes. Thus pacified within his mind, the spirit soul, freed from the modes of nature, gives up the very cause of his conditioned life and attains Me.

Purport

The word nairapekṣyeṇa refers to complete detachment from the modes of material nature. By attachment to the loving service of the Lord, which is completely transcendental, one gives up one’s interest in the modes of nature.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Then, being fixed in devotional service, the sage should also conquer sattva by indifference toward it, arising from bhakti. Thus pacified within his mind, the jīva, freed from the guṇas, giving up the subtle body, attains me. He should conquer sattva by indifference to it, arising from bhakti. He attains me, giving up the subtle body (jīvam).

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