ŚB 11.25.34
Canto 11, Chapter 25, Text 34
नि:सङ्गो मां भजेद् विद्वानप्रमत्तो जितेन्द्रिय: ।
रजस्तमश्चाभिजयेत् सत्त्वसंसेवया मुनि: ॥ ३४ ॥
रजस्तमश्चाभिजयेत् सत्त्वसंसेवया मुनि: ॥ ३४ ॥
niḥsaṅgo māṁ bhajed vidvān
apramatto jitendriyaḥ
rajas tamaś cābhijayet
sattva-saṁsevayā muniḥ
apramatto jitendriyaḥ
rajas tamaś cābhijayet
sattva-saṁsevayā muniḥ
Word by word
niḥsaṅgaḥ — free from material association; mām — Me; bhajet — should worship; vidvān — a wise person; apramattaḥ — not bewildered; jita-indriyaḥ — having subdued his senses; rajaḥ — the mode of passion; tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance; ca — and; abhijayet — he should conquer; sattva-saṁsevayā — by taking to the mode of goodness; muniḥ — the sage.
Translation
A wise sage, free from all material association and unbewildered, should subdue his senses and worship Me. He should conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by engaging himself only with things in the mode of goodness.