Text 10] | The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 129

cancalam hi manah krsna
pramathi balavad drdham

tasyaham nigraham manye
vayor iva suduskaram

“For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna,
and to subdue it, it seems to me, is more difficult than controlling the
wind.” The only bona fide process for controlling the mind is to fix the
mind by service to the Lord. We create enemies and friends according to
the dictation of the mind, but actually there are no enemies and friends.
Panditah sama-darsinah. Samah sarvesu bhiitesu mad-bhaktimn labhate
param. To understand this is the preliminary condition for entering into
the kingdom of devotional service.

TEXT 10

SPIT Fa Aa Ta

Ard aH Afarat feat TT |
fraeatt Fa aA Afeat

AN: ANAM Far Toll

dasyiin pura san na vijitya lumpato
manyanta eke sva-jita diso dasa

Jitatmano jnasya samasya dehinam
sddhoh sva-moha-prabhavéh kutah pare

dasyiin—plunderers; purd—in the beginning; saf—six; na—not;
vyitya—conquering; lumpatah—stealing all one’s possessions;
manyante—consider; eke—some; sva-jitah—conquered; disah dasa—
the ten directions; jita-dtmanah—one who has conquered the senses;
Jiiasya—learned; samasya—equipoised; dehindm—to all living entities;
sa@dhoh—of such a saintly person; sva-moha-prabhavah—created by
one’s own illusion; kutah—where; pare—enemies or opposing elements.

TRANSLATION

In former times there were many fools like you who did not
conquer the six enemies that steal away the wealth of the body.
