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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 19]]
TEXT 213
শাম্বো মরিষ্ঠতা বন্ধের্দম ইন্দ্রিয়সংযমঃ ।।
তিতিক্কা ড়ঃখনঃমধ্যে জিন্নোপস্তুজয়ো ধৃতিঃ ॥ ২১৩ ॥
śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddher dama indriya-saṁyamaḥ titikṣā duḥkha-sammarṣo iihvopaṣtha-javo dhrtih
SYNONYMS
śamaḥ  —neutrality;  mat-niṣṭhatā  —attachment for Me;  buddheḥ  —of intelligence;  damaḥ  —self-control;  indriya-saṁyamaḥ  —controlling the activities of the senses;  titikṣā  —tolerance;  duḥkha  —of unhappiness;  sammarṣaḥ  —endurance;  jihvā  —tongue;  upastha  —and the urge of the genitals;  jayaḥ  —conquering;  dhrtiḥ  —control.
TRANSLATION
“‘The word śama or śānta-rasa indicates that one is attached to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Dama means controlling the senses and not being deviated from the Lord’s service. Endurance of unhappiness is titikṣā, and dhṛti means controlling the tongue and the genitals.’
PURPORT
This verse is from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.19.36). The conditioned soul under the clutches of  māyā , the material energy, is very much agitated by the urges of the tongue and the genitals. Control of the urges of the tongue, the belly and the genitals (which are situated in a straight line) is called  dhṛti .  Śrīla  Bhaktivinoda Thākura says,  tāra madhye jihvā ati, lobhamaya sudurmati . Among the senses, the tongue is the most formidable enemy of the conditioned soul. Urged by the tongue, one commits many sinful activities. Although Kṛṣṇa has given human beings nice food, people still commit sins by killing poor animals for the satisfaction of the tongue. Not being able to control the tongue, the conditioned soul eats more than he needs. Of course, everyone must eat to keep the body fit for the Lord's service, but when one cannot control the senses, he falls victim to the dictations of the tongue and the belly. Naturally, genital agitation follows, and one seeks illicit sex. However, if one is fixed at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, he can control the tongue. Bhaktivinoda Thākura further states,  kṛṣṇa baḍa dayāmaya, karibāre jihvā jaya, sva-prasāda-anna dilā bhāi : in order to conquer the tongue, Kṛṣṇa has been very merciful and has given us nice food that has been offered to Him. When a person is attached to Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, he does not eat anything not