Thus (atah), the sages in ancient times worshipped the Supreme Lord, who is visuddha-sattva. Visuddha-sattva means having a body composed of the cit-sakti arising from his svarupa (not material sattva), because the sruti says vidyavidyabhyam bhinnam: the Lord is neither material knowledge (sattva) nor ignorance. (Gopala-tapani Upanisad 2.20) Furthermore the smrti says chayatapau yatra na grdhra-paksau: in the Lord there is no ignorance or knowledge which causes prejudice towards the jiva. (SB 8.5.27) satya-jnananantananda-matraika-rasa-murtayah: the visnu-murtis all had eternal, unlimited forms, full of knowledge and bliss and existing beyond the influence of time. (SB 10.13.54) Because the body of Visnu is beyond maya, one cannot say that visuddha-sattva means the vidya arising from maya-sakti. The persons who follow after (anu) these sages are qualified for liberation (ksemaya) in this world (iha).