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Jaḍa Bharata Instructs King Rahūgaṇa
387
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26)
We should engage the mind fully in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities. Then it will be the cause of our liberation, for our returning home, back to Godhead. However, if we keep the mind engaged in material activities for sense gratification, it will cause continuous bondage and will make us remain in this material world in different bodies, suffering the consequences of our different actions.
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एकादशासन्मनसो हि वृत्तय
आक्रूतयः पञ्च धियोऽभिमानः ।
मात्राणि कर्माणि पुरं च तासां
वदन्ति हैकादश वीर भूमीः ॥ ९ ॥
ekādaśāsan manaso hi vṛttaya ākūtayaḥ pañca dhiyo 'bhimānaḥ mātrāṇi karmāṇi puram ca tāsām vadanti haikādaśa vīra bhūmīḥ
ekādaśa —eleven;  āsan —there are;  manasaḥ —of the mind;  hi —certainly;  vṛttayaḥ —activities;  ākūtayaḥ —senses of action;  pañca —five;  dhiyaḥ —senses for gathering knowledge;  abhimānaḥ —the false ego;  mātrāṇi —different sense objects;  karmāṇi —different material activities;  puram ca —and the body, society, nation, family or place of nativity;  tāsām —of those functions;  vadanti —they say;  ha —oh;  ekādaśa —eleven;  vīra —O hero;  bhūmīḥ —fields of activity.
TRANSLATION
There are five working senses and five knowledge-acquiring senses. There is also the false ego. In this way, there are eleven items for the mind's functions. O hero, the objects of the senses [such as sound and touch], the organic activities [such as