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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 11]
antarātmā , the mind, is conditioned by material nature. As stated here,  māyā-racitāntarātmā sva-dehinaṁ saṁsṛti-cakra-kūṭaḥ : the mind, being most powerful, covers the living entity and puts him in the waves of material existence.
TEXT 7
तावानयं व्यवहारः सदाविः
क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्ष्यो भवति स्थूलमुक्ष्मः ।
तस्मान्मनो लिङ्गमदो वदन्ति
गुणागुणत्वस्य परावरस्य ॥ ७ ॥
tāvān ayaṁ vyavahāraḥ sadāviḥ kṣetrajña-sākṣyo bhavati sthūla-sūkṣmaḥ tasmān mano liṅgam ado vadanti guṇāguṇatvasya parāvarasya
tāvān —until that time;  ayaṁ —this;  vyavahāraḥ —the artificial designations (being fat or skinny, or belonging to the demigods or human beings);  sadā —always;  āviḥ —manifesting;  kṣetra-jña —of the living entity;  sākṣyaḥ —testimony;  bhavati —is;  sthūla-sūkṣmaḥ —fat and skinny;  tasmāt —therefore;  manaḥ —the mind;  liṅgam —the cause;  adaḥ —this;  vadanti —they say;  guṇa-aguṇatvasya —of being absorbed in material qualities or devoid of material qualities;  para-avarasya —and of lower and higher conditions of life.
TRANSLATION
The mind makes the living entity within this material world wander through different species of life, and thus the living entity experiences mundane affairs in different forms as a human being, demigod, fat person, skinny person and so forth. Learned scholars say that bodily appearance, bondage and liberation are caused by the mind.
PURPORT
Just as the mind is the cause of bondage, it can also be the cause of liberation. The mind is described here as  para-avara .  Para  means tran-