rajas-tamobhyÄá¹ yad api
vidvÄn viká¹£ipta-dhīḥ punaḥ
atandrito mano yuñjan
doṣa-dṛṣṭir na sajjate

 rajaḥ-tamobhyÄm - by the modes of passion and ignorance; yat api - even though; vidvÄn - a learned person; viká¹£ipta - bewildered; dhīḥ - the intelligence; punaḥ - again; atandritaḥ - carefully; manaḥ - the mind; yuñjan - engaging; doá¹£a - the contamination of material attachment; dṛṣṭiḥ - seeing clearly; na - not; sajjate - becomes attached.


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Although the intelligence of a learned person may be bewildered by the modes of passion and ignorance, he should again carefully bring the mind under control. By clearly seeing the contamination of the modes of nature, he does not become attached.

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