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 |
amat fates treat faatenain F4fS oa |
matra svasra duhitra va
na viviktasano 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.
