Text 17] Jaḍa Bharata Instructs King Rahūgaṇa
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sion, attachment, greed and enmity, it creates bondage and a false sense of intimacy within this material world.
PURPORT
The mind is the cause of both material bondage and liberation. The impure mind thinks, “I am this body.” The pure mind knows that he is not the material body; therefore the mind is considered to be the root of all material designations. Until the living entity is aloof from the association and contaminations of this material world, the mind will be absorbed in such material things as birth, death, disease, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity. In this way the living entity is conditioned, and he suffers material miseries.
TEXT 17
अत्रव्यमेनं तददभ्रवीर्य- 
    मुपेक्षयाध्येधितमप्रमत्तः । 
    गुरोर्हरेश्वरणोपासनास्त्रो 
    जहि व्यलीकं स्वयमात्ममोषम् ॥१७॥
bhrātryam enam tad adabhra-vīryam 
    upekṣayādhyedhitam apramattaḥ 
    guror hareś caraṇopāsanāstro 
    jahi vyalīkam svayam ātma-moṣam
bhrātryam —the formidable enemy;  enam —this mind;  tat —that:  adabhra-vīryam —very, very powerful;  upekṣayā —by neglecting:  adhyedhitam —unnecessarily increased in power;  apramattaḥ —one who is without illusion;  guroḥ —of the spiritual master;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  caraṇa —of the lotus feet;  upāsanā-astraḥ —applying the weapon of worshiping;  jahi —conquer:  vyalīkam —false;  svayam —personally;  ātma-moṣam —which covers the constitutional position of the living entity.
TRANSLATION
This uncontrolled mind is the greatest enemy of the living entity. If one neglects it or gives it a chance, it will grow more and