tasmād visṛjyāśiṣa īśa sarvato
rajas-tamaḥ-sattva-guṇānubandhanāḥ
nirañjanaḿ nirguṇam advayaḿ paraḿ
tvāḿ jñāpti-mātraḿ puruṣaḿ vrajāmy aham
tasmat -- therefore; visrijya -- putting aside; asishah -- desirable objects; isa -- O Lord; sarvatah -- entirely; rajah -- with passion; tamah -- ignorance; sattva -- and goodness; guna -- the material modes; anu-bandhanah -- entangled; niranjanam -- free from mundane designations; nirgunam -- transcendental to the material modes; advayam -- nondual; param -- supreme; tvam -- You; jnapti-matram -- pure knowledge; purusham -- the original person; vrajami -- am approaching; aham -- I.
Therefore, O Lord, having put aside all objects of material desire, which are bound to the modes of passion, ignorance and goodness, I am approaching You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for shelter. You are not covered by mundane designations; rather, You are the Supreme Absolute Truth, full in pure knowledge and transcendental to the material modes.
The word nirgunam here indicates that the Lord's existence is beyond the qualities of material nature. One might argue that Lord Krishna's body is made of material nature, but here the word advayam refutes that argument. There is no duality in Lord Krishna's existence. His eternal, spiritual body is Krishna, and Krishna is God.
