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body composed of mind, intelligence and ego. Due to the gross and subtle bodies, he is subjected to the threefold miseries ( ādhyātmika ,  ādhibhautika  and  ādhidaivika ), miseries arising from the body and mind, other living entities, and natural disturbances caused by demigods from higher planetary systems. The conditioned soul subjected to the threefold material miseries is ceaselessly kicked by  māyā , and this is his disease. If by chance he meets a saintly person who works on Kṛṣṇa’s behalf to deliver conditioned souls, and if he agrees to abide by his order, he can gradually approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
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কামাদীনাং কতি ন কতিধা পালিতা হুন্দিদেশা-
স্তেষাং জাতা ময়ি ন করুণা ন ত্রপা নোপশান্তি: ।
উ২স্বজ্যৈতানথ যহ্পতে সাষ্প্রতং লব্ধবুদ্ধি-
স্বামায়াত: শরণমভয়ং মাং নিযুজ্ঞাত্মদাস্যে ॥ ১৬ ॥
kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśās 
    teṣāṁ jātā mayi na karuṇā na trapā nopaśāntiḥ 
    utsṛjyaitān atha yadu-pate sāmprataṁ labdha-buddhis 
    tvām āyātaḥ śaraṇam abhayaṁ māṁ niyuṅkṣvātma-dāsye
SYNONYMS
kāma-ādīnām —of my masters such as Iust, anger, greed, illusion and envy;  kati —how many;  na —not;  katidhā —in how many ways;  pālitāḥ —obeyed;  dur-nideśāḥ —undesirable orders;  teṣām —of them;  jātā —generated;  mayi —unto me;  na —not;  karuṇā —mercy;  na —not;  trapā —shame;  na —not;  upaśāntiḥ —desire to cease;  utsṛjya —giving up;  etān —all these;  atha —herewith;  yadu-pate —O best of the Yadu dynasty;  sāmpratam —now;  labdha-buddhiḥ —having awakened intelligence;  tvām —You;  āyātaḥ —approached;  śaraṇam —who are the shelter;  abhayam —fearless;  mām —me;  niyuṅkṣva —please engage;  ātma-dāsye —in Your personal service.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘O my Lord, there is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires. Although I have rendered them so much service, they have not shown any mercy to me. I have not been ashamed to serve them, nor have I even desired to give them up. O my Lord, O head of the Yadu dynasty, recently, however, my intelligence has been awakened, and now I am giving them up. Due to transcendental intelligence, I now refuse to obey the unwanted orders of these desires, and I now come to You to surrender myself at Your fearless lotus feet. Kindly engage me in Your personal service and save me.’