ज्ञानं यदाप्रतिनिवृत्तगुणोर्मिचक्र - मात्मप्रसाद उत यत्र गुणेष्वसङ्ग: । कैवल्यसम्मतपथस्त्वथ भक्तियोग: को निर्वृतो हरिकथासु रतिं न कुर्यात् ॥ १२ ॥
jnanam yad apratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram atma-prasada uta yatra gunesv asangah kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah ko nirvrto hari-kathasu ratim na kuryat
- jnanam
- knowledge
- yat
- that which
- a
- up to the limit of
- pratinivrtta
- completely withdrawn
- guna-urmi
- the waves of the material modes
- cakram
- whirlpool
- atma-prasadah
- self-satisfaction
- uta
- moreover
- yatra
- where there is
- gunesu
- in the modes of nature
- asangah
- no attachment
- kaivalya
- transcendental
- sammata
- approved
- pathah
- path
- tu
- but
- atha
- therefore
- bhakti-yogah
- devotional service
- kah
- who
- nirvrtah
- absorbed in
- hari-kathasu
- in the transcendental topics of the Lord
- ratim
- attraction
- na
- shall not
- kuryat
- do
Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the material modes. Such knowledge is self-satisfying due to its being free from material attachment, and being transcendental it is approved by authorities. Who could fail to be attracted?