Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 25 Verse 34

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 25: The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.34

niḥsańgo māḿ bhajed vidvān

apramatto jitendriyaḥ

rajas tamaś cābhijayet

sattva-saḿsevayā muniḥ

SYNONYMS

niḥsańgaḥ — free from material association; mām — Me; bhajet — should worship; vidvān — a wise person; apramattaḥ — not bewildered; jita-indriyaḥ — having subdued his senses; rajaḥ — the mode of passion; tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance; ca — and; abhijayet — he should conquer; sattva-saḿsevayā — by taking to the mode of goodness; muniḥ — the sage.

TRANSLATION

A wise sage, free from all material association and unbewildered, should subdue his senses and worship Me. He should conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by engaging himself only with things in the mode of goodness.

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