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Therefore, those who obtain the human body by which one acquires knowledge and develops wisdom, should be smart enough to shake off their attachment to the gunas and worship the Supreme Being (33).   

Therefore, those who obtain the human body by which one acquires knowledge and develops wisdom, should be smart enough to shake off their attachment to the gunas and worship the Supreme Being (33).   

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

(2) Someone who fixed in spiritual knowledge has become free from the cause of material life that is based upon the products of the modes, does not get entangled in their illusory qualities despite of being surrounded by them; although present before his eyes they are insubstantial and nothing but illusion to him.  

(2) Someone who fixed in spiritual knowledge has become free from the cause of material life that is based upon the products of the modes, does not get entangled in their illusory qualities despite of being surrounded by them; although present before his eyes they are insubstantial and nothing but illusion to him.  

(3) One should never at any time seek the company of materialists devoted to the gratification of their genitals and bellies because they who follow such people will fall into the darkest pit, like a blind man following another blind man.  

(3) One should never at any time seek the company of materialists devoted to the gratification of their sense organs and cravings because they who follow such people will fall into the darkest pit, like a blind man following another blind man.  

(4) The descendant of Ilā [called Aila or Purūravā, see also 9.14: 15-16], the well-known great emperor, sang the following mighty song when he bewildered being separated from Urvaśī, in resignation managed to restrain his grief.  

(4) The descendant of Ilā [called Aila or Purūravā, see also 9.14: 15-16], the well-known great emperor, sang the following mighty song when he bewildered being separated from Urvaśī, in resignation managed to restrain his grief.