130 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8
These fools were very proud, thinking, ‘I have conquered all
enemies in all the ten directions.” But if a person is victorious
over the six enemies and is equipoised toward all living entities,
for him there are no enemies. Enemies are merely imagined by one
in ignorance.
PURPORT
In this material world, everyone thinks that he has conquered his
enemies, not understanding that his enemies are his uncontrolled mind
and five senses (manah sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati). In this
material world, everyone has become a servant of the senses. Originally
everyone is a servant of Krsna, but in ignorance one forgets this, and
thus one is engaged in the service of maya through lusty desires, anger,
greed, illusion, madness and jealousy. Everyone is actually dependent on
the reactions of material laws, but still one thinks himself independent
and thinks that he has conquered all directions. In conclusion, one who
thinks that he has many enemies is an ignorant man, whereas one who is
in Krsna consciousness knows that there are no enemies but those within
oneself —the uncontrolled mind and senses.
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Sam ed Aaa aisha RT |
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Sri-hiranyakasipur uvaca
vyaktam tvarn martu-kamo ’si
yo ’timatram vikatthase
mumiursinam hi mandatman
nanu syur viklava girah
Sri-hiranyakasipuh uvadca—the blessed Hiranyakasipu said;
vyaktam—evidently; tvuam—you; martu-kamah—desirous of death;
asi—are; yah—one who; atimatram—without limit; vikatthase—are
boasting (as if you had conquered your senses whereas your father could
not do so); muméursinam—of persons who are about to meet immediate
