Text 39] The Beda-kirtana Pastimes 229

indriyani hayan ahur
visayams tesu gocardn

atmendriya-mano- yuktarn
bhoktety ahur manisinah

“The individual is the passenger in the car of the material body, and intelligence is
the driver. Mind is the driving instrument, and the senses are the horses. The self is
thus the enjoyer or sufferer in the association of the mind and senses. In this way
it is understood by great thinkers.”

Thus the living entity is the charioteer and the body the chariot offered by ma-
terial nature. The mind is the reins controlling the horses, and the senses are the
horses. Thus the living entity is the false enjoyer of the material world. One who is
advanced in Krsna consciousness can control the mind and intelligence. In other
words, he can control the reins and the horses (the senses), even though the
horses are very powerful. One who can control the senses by his mind and intelli-
gence can very easily approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or Visnu,
who is the ultimate goal of life. Tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti strayah.
Those who are actually advanced approach Lord Visnu, their ultimate goal. Such
people are never captivated by Lord Visnu's external energy, the material world.

TEXT 38
aif fe afga, a SE ee) SA |

writate-waetca fapta Al Caer tI Ov II

ami ki kariba, mana ihan lafia dila
jagannatha-darasane vicara na kaila

SYNONYMS
ami—|; ki—what; kariba—shall do; mana—my mind; ihan—here; lafia—tak-
ing; dila—arrived; jagannatha-darasane—to see Lord Jagannatha; vicara—con-
sideration; nd—did not; kaila—make.

TRANSLATION

Sri Ramananda Raya continued, “What shall | do? My mind has brought me
here. I could not consider going first to Lord Jagannatha’s temple.”

TEXT 39

AE Bz,— Ay fal sa TTA |
Oca TA NY’ Fa SHw FIA | od
