Text 9] Jada Bharata Instructs King Rahigana 387
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in
any circumstance. at once transcends the modes of material nature and
thus comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26)

We should engage the mind fully in Krsna conscious activities. Then it
will be the cause of our liberation. for our returning home. back to
Godhead. However. if we keep the mind engaged in material activities
for sense gratification, it will cause continuous bondage and will make us
remain in this material world in different bodies. suffering the conse-
quences of our different actions.

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ekadasdsan manaso hi vurttaya
Gkitayah panca dhiyo ‘bhimanah
matrani karmani puram ca tasam
vadanti haikddasa vira bhimih

ekddasa —eleven: dsan—there are: manasah—of the mind: hi—cer-
tainly: vrttayah—activities: dkiitayah—senses of action: pafca—five:
dhiyah—senses for gathering knowledge: abhimanah—the false ego:
matrani—different sense objects: karmdani—different material ac-
tivities; puram ca—and the body. society. nation. family or place of
nativity; ta@sam—of those functions: vadanti—they say: ha—oh:
ekddasa—eleven: vira—O hero: bhimih—telds of activity.

TRANSLATION

There are five working senses and five knowledge-acquiring
senses. There is also the false ego. In this way, there are eleven
items for the mind’s functions. O hero, the objects of the senses
[such as sound and touch], the organic activities [such as
