Text 11] Jada Bharata Instructs King Rahtgana 389
Besides this, there is another conception by which one thinks,
‘This is my body, this is my society, this is my family, this is my
nation,” and so forth. This eleventh function, that of the mind, is
called the false ego. According to some philosophers, this is the
twelfth function, and its field of activity is the body.
PURPORT
There are different objects for the eleven items. Through the nose we
can smell, by the eyes we can see, by the ears we can hear. and in this
way we gather knowledge. Similarly, there are the karmendriyas, the
working senses—the hands, legs, genitals, rectum. mouth and so forth.
When the false ego expands, it makes one think, “This is my body.
family, society, country.” etc.
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dravya-svabhavasaya-karma-kalair
ekddaSami manaso vikarah
sahasrasah satasah kotisas ca
ksetrajnato na mitho na svatah syuh
dravya—by physical objects: sva-bhava—by nature as the cause of
development: asaya—by culture: karma—by predestined resultant ac-
tions: kalaih—by time: ekadasa —eleven: ami—all these: manasah—of
the mind: vikdrah—transformations; sahasrasah—in thousands:
Satasah—in hundreds: kotisah ca—and in millions: ksetra-jnatah—
from the original Supreme Personality of Godhead: na—not: mithah—
one another: na—nor: svatah—from themselves: syuh—are.
TRANSLATION
The physical elements, nature, the original cause, culture,
destiny and the time element are all material causes. Agitated by
