तथापि सङ्ग: परिवर्जनीयो गुणेषु मायारचितेषु तावत् । मद्भक्तियोगेन दृढेन यावद् रजो निरस्येत मन:कषाय: ॥ २७ ॥
tathāpi saṅgaḥ parivarjanīyo guṇeṣu māyā-raciteṣu tāvat mad-bhakti-yogena dṛḍhena yāvad rajo nirasyeta manaḥ-kaṣāyaḥ
- tathā api
- nevertheless
- saṅgaḥ
- association
- parivarjanīyaḥ
- must be rejected
- guṇeṣu
- with the modes
- māyā-raciteṣu
- produced by the illusory material energy
- tāvat
- for that long
- mat-bhakti-yogena
- by devotional service to Me
- dṛḍhena
- firm
- yāvat
- until
- rajaḥ
- passionate attraction
- nirasyeta
- is eliminated
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- kaṣāyaḥ
- the dirt
Nevertheless, until by firmly practicing devotional service to Me one has completely eliminated from his mind all contamination of material passion, one must very carefully avoid associating with the material modes, which are produced by My illusory energy.