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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
वत्मानि मात्रा धिषणां च मूतं
सत्त्वं बृहद् बन्धुरमीशसृष्ट्य् ॥४१॥
āhuḥ śarīram ratham indriyāṇi
hayān abhīṣūn mana indriyeśam
vartmāni mātrā dhiṣaṇām ca sūtam
sattvam bṛhad bandhuram īśa-sṛṣṭam
āhuḥ—it is said; śarīram—the body; ratham—the chariot; indriyāṇi—the senses; hayān—the horses; abhīṣūn—the reins; manaḥ—the mind; indriya—of the senses; īśam—the master; vartmāni—the destinations; mātrāḥ—the sense objects; dhiṣaṇām—the intelligence; ca—and; sūtam—the chariot driver; sattvam—consciousness; bṛhat—great; bandhuram—bondage; īśa—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sṛṣṭam—created.
TRANSLATION
Transcendentalists who are advanced in knowledge compare the body, which is made by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to a chariot. The senses are like the horses; the mind, the master of the senses, is like the reins; the objects of the senses are the destinations; intelligence is the chariot driver; and consciousness, which spreads throughout the body, is the cause of bondage in this material world.
PURPORT
For a bewildered person in the materialistic way of life, the body, the mind and the senses, which are engaged in sense gratification, are the cause of bondage to repeated birth, death, old age and disease. But for one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge, the same body, senses and mind are the cause of liberation. This is confirmed in the  Kaṭha Upaniṣad  (1.3.3–4,9) as follows:
ātmānam rathinam viddhi
śarīram ratham eva ca
buddhim tu sārathim viddhi
manaḥ pragraham eva ca