guṇa-karma-nibandhanaḥ
etad dvāro hi saṁsāro
guṇa-karma-nibandhanaḥ
ajñāna-mūlo 'pārtho 'pi
puṁsaḥ svapna ivārpyate
This intelligence is a cause of material life. Though insubstantial, bound at all times by guṇas and action and having an unknown origin, it imposes the body on the jīva, just as the Lord’s energy imposes a dream on a person.
This intelligence is a cause. It is always bound by the guṇas and actions. Its root is not understood (ajñāna-mūlaḥ). Though it is insubstantial (apārthaḥ), it imposes the body on the jīva (saṁsāraḥ), just as a dream is imposed on a person. This takes place by the śakti of the Lord.
|| 7.7.28 ||
tasmād bhavadbhiḥ kartavyaṁ
karmaṇāṁ tri-guṇātmanām
bīja-nirharaṇaṁ yogaḥ
pravāhoparamo dhiyaḥ
Therefore you must destroy this materialistic intelligence, the cause of actions in the three guṇas. The result is cessation of the three states of intelligence.
Therefore one must endeavor to extinguish this intelligence. The seed is material intelligence. It must be destroyed. How? There must destruction of the states (pravāha) of waking, dreaming and deep sleep of the intelligence. Yoga is the result. Medinī says that yoga means supernatural, attainment, combination, meditation and means.
|| 7.7.29 ||
tatropāya-sahasrāṇām
ayaṁ bhagavatoditaḥ
yad īśvare bhagavati
yathā yair añjasā ratiḥ
Among the thousands of methods for destroying the material intelligence, the process proclaimed by the Lord himself, bhakti-yoga, is the method, by whose aṅga known as service to guru appears bhakti-- from which rati to the Supreme Lord appears as the main result.
Among the thousands of means for burning the seed, this method is recommended by the Lord. Other methods are inferior because they are proclaimed by other sages. What is this method? From this bhakti-yoga which arises from its aṅgas of serving guru, rati appears. Bhakti-yoga is the method. The word añjasā (directly) and the ablative case (“from bhakti-yoga”) indicate that rati is the chief result. Burning up material intelligence is only an accompanying result. It is achieved without effort by those practicing śuddha-bhakti. It is said:
jarayaty āśu yā kośaṁ nigīrṇam analo yathā
That bhakti quickly destroys the subtle body, just as the digestive fire consumes food. B 3.25.33
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