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[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
paratvena nirmalam ). Then he takes the arrow of his purified life, and with the help of the bow—the transcendental chanting of  praṇava , or the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra —he throws himself toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura has commented that because the words “bow” and “arrow” are used in this verse, one might argue that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entity have become enemies. However, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead may become the so-called enemy of the living being, this is His chivalrous pleasure. For example, the Lord fought with Bhīṣma, and when Bhīṣma pierced the Lord’s body on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, this was a kind of humor or relationship, of which there are twelve. When the conditioned soul tries to reach the Lord by hurling an arrow at Him, the Lord takes pleasure, and the living entity gains the profit of going back home, back to Godhead. Another example given in this regard is that Arjuna, as a result of piercing the  ādhāra-mīna , or the fish within the  cakra , achieved the valuable gain of Draupadi. Similarly, if with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one pierces Lord Viṣṇu’s lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic activity of devotional service one receives the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead.
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रागो द्वेषश्च लोमश्च शोकमोहौ भयं मदः ।
मानोऽवमानोऽम्र्या च माया हिंसा च मत्सरः ॥४३॥
रजः प्रमादः क्षुन्निद्रा शत्रवस्त्वेवमादयः ।
रजस्तमःप्रकृतयः सत्त्वप्रकृतयः कचित् ॥४४॥
rāgo dveṣaś ca lobhaś ca śoka-mohau bhayaṁ madaḥ māno 'vamāno 'sūyā ca māyā hiṁsā ca matsaraḥ
rajaḥ pramādaḥ kṣun-nidrā śatravas tv evam ādayaḥ rajas-tamaḥ-prakṛtayaḥ sattva-prakṛtayaḥ kvacit