य एवं सन्तमात्मानमात्मस्थं वेद पूरुष: । नाज्यते प्रकृतिस्थोऽपि तद्गुणै: स मयि स्थित: ॥ ८ ॥
ya evam santam atmanam atma-stham veda purusah najyate prakrti-stho ’pi tad-gunaih sa mayi sthitah
- yah
- anyone who
- evam
- thus
- santam
- existing
- atmanam
- the individual atma and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma
- atma-stham
- situated within his body
- veda
- knows
- purusah
- person
- na
- never
- ajyate
- is affected
- prakrti
- in material nature
- sthah
- situated
- api
- although
- tat-gunaih
- by the material modes of nature
- sah
- such a person
- mayi
- in Me
- sthitah
- situated.
Although within the material nature, one who is thus situated in full knowledge of the Paramatma and atma is never affected by the modes of material nature, for he is always situated in My transcendental loving service.