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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 26]
TEXT 31
तैजसानीन्द्रियाण्येव क्रियाज्ञानविभागशः । प्राणस्य हि क्रियाशक्तिर्बुद्धेर्विज्ञानशक्तिता ॥३१॥
taijasānīndriyāṇy eva kriyā-jñāna-vibhāgaśaḥ prāṇasya hi kriyā-śaktir buddher vijñāna-śaktitā
taijasāni —produced from egoism in the mode of passion;  indriyāṇi —the senses;  eva —certainly;  kriyā —action;  jñāna —knowledge;  vibhāgaśaḥ —according to;  prāṇasya —of the vital energy;  hi —indeed;  kriyā-śaktiḥ —the senses of action;  buddheḥ —of the intelligence;  vijñāna-śaktitā —the senses for acquiring knowledge.
TRANSLATION
Egoism in the mode of passion produces two kinds of senses—the senses for acquiring knowledge and the senses of action. The senses of action depend on the vital energy, and the senses for acquiring knowledge depend on intelligence.
PURPORT
It has been explained in the previous verses that mind is the product of ego in goodness and that the function of the mind is acceptance and rejection according to desire. But here intelligence is said to be the product of ego in passion. That is the distinction between mind and intelligence; mind is a product of egoism in goodness, and intelligence is a product of egoism in passion. The desire to accept something and reject something is a very important factor of the mind. Since mind is a product of the mode of goodness, if it is fixed upon the Lord of mind, Aniruddha, then the mind can be changed to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is stated by Narottama dāsa Thākura that we always have desires. Desire cannot be stopped. But if we transfer our desires to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is the perfection of life. As soon as the desire is transferred to lording it over material nature, it becomes contaminated by matter. Desire has to be purified. In the beginning, this purification process has to be carried out by the order of the spiritual master, since the spiritual master knows how the disciple's desires can be transformed into Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As far as intelligence is concerned, it is