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Parthibad daruno dhumas tasmad agnis trayee mayah
Tasmasas tu rajas tasmat satwam yad Brahma Darshanam.
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Parthibad-from earth, Daruno-fire wood, Dhumas-smoke, Tasmat-from that, Agnis-fire, Trayee-Vedic sacrifices, Tamasas-the mode of ignorance, Tu-but, Rajas-the mode of passion, Tasmat-from that, Satwam-the mode of goodness, Yad-which, Brahma-the Absolute Truth, Darshnam-realisation.
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The fire wood is a transformation of the earth and smoke is better than the raw wood. And fire is still better because by fire we can derive so many benefits by superior knowledge (Vedas). Similarly Rajas quality of matter is better than the tamas quality but Satwa quality is the superior quality by which one can realise the Absolute Truth.
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As explained above that one can get release from the conditioned life of material existence by the devotional service of the Personality of Godhead, it is further comprehended herein that one has to rise upto the platform of the mode of goodness (Satwam) so that one can be eligible for the devotional service of the Lord. But there is impediment in such progressive path and any one even from the plateform of tamas quality one can gradually rise up to the Satwam platform by the expert direction of the spiritual master. Such desiring candidates must, therefore, approach an expert spiritual master for such progressive march and the bonafide expert spiritual master is competent to direct a disciple from any stage of life tamas, rajas or satwam.
#$p#It is a mistake, therefore, to consider that worship of any quality or any form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is equally beneficent. Except Vishnu all other separated forms are manifested under the conditions of the material energy and therefore, the forms of material energy cannot help any one to rise up to the platform of Satwa which alone can liberate a person from the material bondage.
#$p#Uncivilised state of life or the life of the lower animals are controlled by the modes of Tamas. Civilised life of man with a passion for various type of material benefits is the stage of Rajas. The Rajas stage of life has a slight clue to the realisation of the Absolute Truth in the forms of fine sentiments in philosophy art and culture with moral and ethical principles but the modes of Satwam is still a higher stage of material quality which actually helps one in realising the Absolute Truth. In other words as there is the qualitative difference between the three modes of nature similarly there is difference between the different kinds of worshipping methods as well as the respective results derived out of the predominating deities namely Brahma, Vishnu and Hara.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pārthivāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pārthivāt#/i# — from earth; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dāruṇaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dāruṇaḥ#/i# — firewood; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dhūmaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dhūmaḥ#/i# — smoke; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tasmāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tasmāt#/i# — from that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=agniḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#agniḥ#/i# — fire; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=trayī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#trayī#/i# — Vedic sacrifices; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mayaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mayaḥ#/i# — made of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tamasaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tamasaḥ#/i# — in the mode of ignorance; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tu#/i# — but; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rajaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#rajaḥ#/i# — the mode of passion; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tasmāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tasmāt#/i# — from that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sattvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sattvam#/i# — the mode of goodness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — which; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brahma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brahma#/i# — the Absolute Truth; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=darśanam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#darśanam#/i# — realization.
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Firewood is a transformation of earth, but smoke is better than the raw wood. And fire is still better, for by fire we can derive the benefits of superior knowledge [through Vedic sacrifices]. Similarly, passion [rajas] is better than ignorance [tamas], but goodness [sattva] is best because by goodness one can come to realize the Absolute Truth.
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As explained above, one can get release from the conditioned life of material existence by devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. It is further comprehended herein that one has to rise to the platform of the mode of goodness (#i#sattva#/i#) so that one can be eligible for the devotional service of the Lord. But if there are impediments on the progressive path, anyone, even from the platform of #i#tamas#/i#, can gradually rise to the #i#sattva#/i# platform by the expert direction of the spiritual master. Sincere candidates must, therefore, approach an expert spiritual master for such a progressive march, and the bona fide, expert spiritual master is competent to direct a disciple from any stage of life: #i#tamas, rajas#/i# or #i#sattva.#/i#
#$p#It is a mistake, therefore, to consider that worship of any quality or any form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is equally beneficial. Except Viṣṇu, all separated forms are manifested under the conditions of material energy, and therefore the forms of material energy cannot help anyone to rise to the platform of #i#sattva#/i#, which alone can liberate a person from material bondage.
#$p#The uncivilized state of life, or the life of the lower animals, is controlled by the mode of #i#tamas#/i#. The civilized life of man, with a passion for various types of material benefits, is the stage of #i#rajas#/i#. The #i#rajas#/i# stage of life gives a slight clue to the realization of the Absolute Truth in the forms of fine sentiments in philosophy, art and culture with moral and ethical principles, but the mode of #i#sattva#/i# is a still higher stage of material quality, which actually helps one in realizing the Absolute Truth. In other words, there is a qualitative difference between the different kinds of worshiping methods as well as the respective results derived from the predominating deities, namely Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara.
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