Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 11 Chapter 25:30-36

Book 11: Chapter 25

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 11: Chapter 25: Verses 30-36 (In this way) substance (food as classified in verse 28 above), place of abode (as mentioned in verse 25), fruit (in the shape of joy referred to in verse 29), time (as indicated in verses 13 to 16), knowledge (referred to in verse 24), action (classified in verse 23), the agent (as mentioned in verse 26), faith (referred to in verse 27), state of consciousness (as told in verse 20), form (state of existence as classified in verse 21) and final destiny (as referred to in verse 22)-everything is as a matter of fact constituted of the three Gunas alone. (In fact) all entities pervaded by the Spirit and Matter-whatever is seen, heard of or pondered by the intellect-are constituted of the three Gunas, 0 jewel among men ! (All) these states of existence of the embodied soul are brought about by the three Gunas (hording sway over it) and the actions performed by it. That embodied soul (however) by which these Gunas (modes of Prakrti) appearing in the mind have been thoroughly brought under control, 0 gentle one, and which stands firmly established in Me by treading the path of Devotion gets qualified for becoming one with Me. Therefore, having obtained this (human) body, in which (alone) Knowledge and Realization (of Truth) can be had, and completely shaking off (all) attachment to the (three) Gunas, let the wise worship (take refuge in) Me. Free from attachment (to the pleasures of sense) and with his senses brought under control a wise man should carefully worship Me and, given over to contemplation, should get the better of Rajas and Tamas by duly cultivating Sattva. And, possessed of a tranquil mind and united with Me (through contemplation), he should thoroughly subdue Sattva (too) by means of Sattva (itself in the shape of desirelessness). Rid (in this way) of the (three) Gunas, the embodied soul disowns the subtle body (constituting its Jivahood) and attains to (becomes one with) Me. Completely disunited from its Jivahood (in the shape of the subtle body) as well as from the (three) Gunas appearing in the mind, and full of Me (consisting of perfect bliss) the Jiva neither goes out (to enjoy the external objects) nor turns inward (to enjoy them mentally). (In other words, he gets liberated during his very lifetime.) Thus ends the twenty-fifth discourse in Book Eleven of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.