180 Sti Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 2

durvara indriya kare visaya-grahana
daravi prakrti hare munerapi mana

SYNONYMS

durvara—uncontrollable; indriya—the senses; kare—do; visaya-grahana—ac-
cepting sense objects; daravi prakrti—a wooden statue of a woman; hare—at-
tracts; munerapi—even of a great sage; mana—the mind.

TRANSLATION

“So strongly do the senses adhere to the objects of their enjoyment that in-
deed a wooden statue of a woman attracts the mind of even a great saintly per-
son.

PURPORT

The senses and the sense objects are so intimately connected that the mind of
even a great saintly person is attracted to a wooden doll if it is attractively shaped
like a young woman. The sense objects, namely form, sound, smell, taste and
touch, are always attractive for the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin. Since the
senses and sense objects are naturally intimately related, sometimes even a per-
son claiming control over his senses remains always subject to the control of
sense objects. The senses are impossible to control unless purified and engaged in
the service of the Lord. Thus even though a saintly person vows to control his
senses, the senses are still sometimes perturbed by sense objects.

TEXT 119

WISH Wa QPSH a1 atFafaeracay seas |
amatfafeaa ticay faatenaia tafe uv sya i

matra svasra duhitra va
na viviktaésano bhavet

balavan indriya-gramo
vidvamsam api karsati

SYNONYMS

matra—with one’s mother; svasra—with one’s sister; duhitra—with one’s
daughter; vd—or; na—not; vivikta-dsanah—sitting together; bhavet—there
should be; balavan—very strong; indriya-gramah—the group of senses; vidvarn-
sam—a person with knowledge of liberation; api—even; karsati—attract.
