Keshidwaja describes the nature of ignorance, and the benefits of the Yoga or contemplative devotion - Verse 24
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 7.24
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Sanskrit Original
तथात्मा प्रकृतेः सङ्गाद अहंमानादिदूषितः भजते प्राकृतान धर्मान अन्यस तेभ्यो हि सो ऽव्ययः ।।
tathātmā prakṛteḥ saṅgād ahaṃmānādidūṣitaḥ bhajate prākṛtān dharmān anyas tebhyo hi so 'vyayaḥ ||
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Thus, the self, tainted by attachment to nature and ego, worships the material virtues, while the imperishable one is beyond them.