मन: पृथिव्यां तामद्भिस्तेजसापोऽनिलेन तत् । खे वायुं धारयंस्तच्च भूतादौ तं महात्मनि । तस्मिञ्ज्ञानकलां ध्यात्वा तयाज्ञानं विनिर्दहन् ॥ २५ ॥ हित्वा तां स्वेन भावेन निर्वाणसुखसंविदा । अनिर्देश्याप्रतर्क्येण तस्थौ विध्वस्तबन्धन: ॥ २६ ॥
manah prthivyam tam adbhis tejasapo ’nilena tat khe vayum dharayams tac ca bhutadau tam mahatmani tasmin jnana-kalam dhyatva tayajnanam vinirdahan hitva tam svena bhavena nirvana-sukha-samvida anirdesyapratarkyena tasthau vidhvasta-bandhanah
- manah
- the mind (full of material desires for eating, sleeping, mating and defending)
- prthivyam
- in the earth
- tam
- that
- adbhih
- with water
- tejasa
- and with fire
- apah
- the water
- anilena
- in the fire
- tat
- that
- khe
- in the sky
- vayum
- the air
- dharayan
- amalgamating
- tat
- that
- ca
- also
- bhuta-adau
- in the false ego, the origin of material existence
- tam
- that (false ego)
- maha-atmani
- in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy
- tasmin
- in the total material energy
- jnana-kalam
- spiritual knowledge and its different branches
- dhyatva
- by meditating
- taya
- by this process
- ajnanam
- ignorance
- vinirdahan
- specifically subdued
- hitva
- giving up
- tam
- material ambition
- svena
- by self-realization
- bhavena
- in devotional service
- nirvana-sukha-samvida
- by transcendental bliss, putting an end to material existence
- anirdesya
- imperceptible
- apratarkyena
- inconceivable
- tasthau
- remained
- vidhvasta
- completely freed from
- bandhanah
- material bondage
Maharaja Hariscandra first purified his mind, which was full of material enjoyment, by amalgamating it with the earth. Then he amalgamated the earth with water, the water with fire, the fire with the air, and the air with the sky. Thereafter, he amalgamated the sky with the total material energy, and the total material energy with spiritual knowledge. This spiritual knowledge is realization of one’s self as part of the Supreme Lord. When the self-realized spiritual soul is engaged in service to the Lord, he is eternally imperceptible and inconceivable. Thus established in spiritual knowledge, he is completely freed from material bondage.