हरिर्हि निर्गुण: साक्षात् पुरुष: प्रकृते: पर: । स सर्वदृगुपद्रष्टा तं भजन् निर्गुणो भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥
harir hi nirguṇaḥ sākṣāt puruṣaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ sa sarva-dṛg upadraṣṭā taṁ bhajan nirguṇo bhavet
- hariḥ
- the Supreme Lord Hari
- hi
- indeed
- nirguṇaḥ
- untouched by the material modes
- sākṣāt
- absolutely
- puruṣaḥ
- the Personality of Godhead
- prakṛteḥ
- to material nature
- paraḥ
- transcendental
- saḥ
- He
- sarva
- everything
- dṛk
- seeing
- upadraṣṭā
- the witness
- tam
- Him
- bhajan
- by worshiping
- nirguṇaḥ
- free from the material modes
- bhavet
- one becomes
Lord Hari, however, has no connection with the material modes. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all-seeing eternal witness, who is transcendental to material nature. One who worships Him becomes similarly free from the material modes.