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deha-tyagadi yata, saba--tamo-dharma

tamo-rajo-dharme krsnera na paiye marma

SYNONYMS

deha-tyaga-adi—beginning with giving up the material body; yata—as many; saba—all; tamah-dharma—performed under the mode of ignorance; tamah-rajah-dharme—by remaining in the modes of ignorance and passion; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; na paiye—I cannot attain; marma—the truth "Acts such as suicide are influenced by the mode of ignorance, and in ignorance and passion one cannot understand who Krsna is.