Text 17] Jada Bharata Instructs King Rahagana 397
sion, attachment, greed and enmity, it creates bondage and a false
sense of intimacy within this material world.
PURPORT
The mind is the cause of both material bondage and liberation. The
impure mind thinks, “Il am this body.” The pure mind knows that he is
not the material body: therefore the mind is considered to be the root of
all material designations. Until the living entity is aloof from the associ-
ation and contaminations of this material world. the mind will be
absorbed in such material things as birth, death. disease. illusion. attach-
ment, greed and enmity. In this way the living entity is conditioned, and
he suffers material miseries.
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bhratrvyam enam tad adabhra-viryam
upeksayadhyedhitam apramattah
guror hares caranopasanastro
Jahi vyalikam svayam atma-mosam
bhratrvyam—the formidable enemy: enam—this mind: tat—that:
adabhra-viryam—very, very powerful; upeksaya—by neglecting:
adhyedhitam—unnecessarily increased in power: apramattah—one who
is without illusion: guroh—of the spiritual master: hareh—of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead: carana—of the lotus feet: updsanda-
astrah—applying the weapon of worshiping: jahi—conquer:
vyalikam —false: svayam—personally: dtma-mosam—which covers the
constitutional position of the living entity.
TRANSLATION
This uncontrolled mind is the greatest enemy of the living en-
tity. If one neglects it or gives it a chance, it will grow more and
