niḥsańgo māḿ bhajed vidvān

apramatto jitendriyaḥ

rajas tamaś cābhijayet

sattva-saḿsevayā muniḥ

nihsangah -- free from material association; mam -- Me; bhajet -- should worship; vidvan -- a wise person; apramattah -- not bewildered; jita-indriyah -- having subdued his senses; rajah -- the mode of passion; tamah -- the mode of ignorance; ca -- and; abhijayet -- he should conquer; sattva-samsevaya -- by taking to the mode of goodness; munih -- the sage.


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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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