Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 25: The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.16

yadā cittaḿ prasīdeta

indriyāṇāḿ ca nirvṛtiḥ

dehe 'bhayaḿ mano-'sańgaḿ

tat sattvaḿ viddhi mat-padam

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; cittam — the consciousness; prasīdeta — becomes clear; indriyāṇām — of the senses; ca — and; nirvṛtiḥ — cessation of their mundane activities; dehein the body; abhayam — fearlessness; manaḥ — of the mind; asańgam — detachment; tat — that; sattvam — the mode of goodness; viddhi — know it; mat — realization of Me; padam — the situation in which such can be achieved.

TRANSLATION

When consciousness becomes clear and the senses are detached from matter, one experiences fearlessness within the material body and detachment from the material mind. You should understand this situation to be the predominance of the mode of goodness, in which one has the opportunity to realize Me.

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