1096 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26
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taijasdnindriyany eva
kriya-jiidna-vibhagasah
pranasya hi kriya-saktir
buddher vijiana-saktita
taijasani— produced from egoism in the mode of passion; indriyani—the
senses; eva—certainly; kriyd—action; jfidna—knowledge; vibhagasah—
according to; pranasya—of the vital energy; hi—indeed; kriya-saktih—the
senses of action; buddheh—of the intelligence; vijfidna-saktita—the senses
for acquiring knowledge.
TRANSLATION
Egoism in the mode of passion produces two kinds of senses—the
senses for acquiring knowledge and the senses of action. The senses of
action depend on the vital energy, and the senses for acquiring knowledge
depend on intelligence.
PURPORT
It has been explained in the previous verses that mind is the product of
ego in goodness and that the function of the mind is acceptance and
rejection according to desire. But here intelligence is said to be the
product of ego in passion. That is the distinction between mind and
intelligence; mind is a product of egoism in goodness, and intelligence is a
product of egoism in passion. The desire to accept something and reject
something is a very important factor of the mind. Since mind is a product
of the mode of goodness, if it is fixed upon the Lord of mind, Aniruddha,
then the mind can be changed to Krsna consciousness. It is stated by
Narottama dasa Thakura that we always have desires. Desire cannot be
stopped. But if we transfer our desires to please the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, that is the perfection of life. As soon as the desire is trans-
ferred to lording it over material nature, it becomes contaminated by
matter. Desire has to be purified. In the beginning, this purification
process has to be carried out by the order of the spiritual master,
since the spiritual master knows how the disciple’s desires can be trans-
formed into Krsna consciousness. As far as intelligence is concerned, it is
