Text 19]
The Descent of the River Ganges
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opulences. Your secure lotus feet are the only source of protection for all Your devotees, whom You satisfy by manifesting Yourself in various forms. O my Lord, You deliver Your devotees from the clutches of material existence. Nondevotees, however, remain entangled in material existence by Your will. Kindly accept me as Your eternal servant.
TEXT 19
न यस्य मायागुणचित्तवृत्तिभि- निरीक्षतो ह्यण्वपि दृष्टिरज्यते । ईशे यथा नोऽजितमन्युरंहसां कस्तं न मन्येत जिगीषुरात्मनः ॥१९॥
na yasya māyā-guṇa-citta-vṛttibhir nirīkṣato hy aṇv api dṛṣṭir ajyate īśe yathā no 'jita-manyu-ramhasām kas tam na manyeta jigīṣur ātmanaḥ
na —never;  yasya —whose;  māyā —of the illusory energy;  guṇa —in the qualities;  citta —of the heart;  vṛttibhiḥ —by the activities (thinking, feeling and willing);  nirīkṣataḥ —of Him who is glancing;  hi —certainly;  aṇu —slightly;  api —even;  dṛṣṭiḥ —vision;  ajyate —is affected;  īśe —for the purpose of regulating;  yathā —as;  naḥ —of us;  ajita —who have not conquered;  manyu —of anger;  ramhasām —the force;  kaḥ —who;  tam —unto Him (the Supreme Lord);  na —not;  manyeta —would worship;  jigīṣuḥ —aspiring to conquer;  ātmanaḥ —the senses.
TRANSLATION
We cannot control the force of our anger. Therefore when we look at material things, we cannot avoid feeling attraction or repulsion for them. But the Supreme Lord is never affected in this way. Although He glances over the material world for the purpose of creating, maintaining and destroying it, He is not affected, even to the slightest degree. Therefore, one who desires to conquer the force of the senses must take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Then he will be victorious.