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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 11]
never be freed from material anxieties. Although mental concoctions have no value, their influence is still very formidable. No one should neglect to control the mind. If one does, the mind becomes so powerful that one immediately forgets his real position. Forgetting that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa and that service to Kṛṣṇa is his only business, one is doomed by material nature to serve the objects of the senses. One should kill mental concoctions by the sword of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee [ guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja ].”
TEXT 1
ब्राह्मण उवाच
अकोविदः कोविदवादवादान् 
    वदस्यथो नातिविदां वरिष्ठः । 
    न सूरयो हि व्यवहारमेनं 
    तत्त्वावमर्शेन सहामनन्ति ॥ १ ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca 
    akovidaḥ kovida-vāda-vādān 
    vadasy atho nāti-vidām variṣṭhaḥ 
    na sūrayo hi vyavahāram enam 
    tattvāvamarśena sahāmananti
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca —the  brāhmaṇa  said:  akovidaḥ —without having experience:  kovida-vāda-vādān —words used by experienced persons:  vadasi —you are speaking;  atho —therefore:  na —not:  ati-vidām —of those who are very experienced:  variṣṭhaḥ —the most important:  na —not:  sūrayaḥ —such intelligent persons:  hi —indeed:  vyavahāram —mundane and social behavior;  enam —this:  tattva —of the truth:  avamarśena —fine judgment by intelligence:  saha —with:  āmananti —discuss.
TRANSLATION
The  brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata  said: My dear King, although you are not at all experienced, you are trying to speak like a very ex-