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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.2.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- ghrāṇena gandhaṁ rasanena vai rasaṁ
- rūpaṁ ca dṛṣṭyā śvasanaṁ tvacaiva
- śrotreṇa copetya nabho-guṇatvaṁ
- prāṇena cākūtim upaiti yogī
ghrāṇenaby smelling — by smelling; gandhamaroma — aroma; rasanenaby taste — by taste; vaiexactly — exactly; rasampalate — palate; rūpamforms — forms; caalso — also; dṛṣṭyāby vision — by vision; śvasanamcontact — contact; tvacātouch — touch; evaas it were — as it were; śrotreṇaby vibration of the ear — by vibration of the ear; caalso — also; upetyaby achieving — by achieving; nabhaḥidentification of ether-guṇatvamidentification of ether — identification of ether; prāṇenaby sense organs — by sense organs; caalso — also; ākūtimmaterial activities — material activities; upaitiattains — attains; yogīthe devotee — the devotee.
The devotee thus surpasses the subtle objects of different senses like aroma by smelling, the palate by tasting, vision by seeing forms, touch by contacting, the vibrations of the ear by ethereal identification, and the sense organs by material activities.
Beyond the sky there are subtle coverings, resembling the elementary coverings of the universes. The gross coverings are a development of partial ingredients of the subtle causes. So the yogī or devotee, along with liquidation of the gross elements, relinquishes the subtle causes like aroma by smelling. The pure spiritual spark, the living entity, thus becomes completely cleansed of all material contamination to become eligible for entrance into the kingdom of God.