242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15
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ahuh Sariram ratham indriyani
haydn abhistin mana indriyesam
vartmani matra dhisanadm ca sittam
sattvam brhad bandhuram iga-srstam
Ghuh—it is said; sariram—the body; ratham—the chariot;
indriyani—the senses; haydn—the horses; abhisin—the reins;
manah—the mind; indriya—of the senses; iSam—the master;
vartmani—the destinations; matrah—the sense objects; dhisaném—the
intelligence; ca—and; siitam—the chariot driver; sattvam—conscious-
ness; brhat—great; bandhuram—bondage; isa—by the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; srstam—created.
TRANSLATION
Transcendentalists who are advanced in knowledge compare the
body, which is made by the order of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, to a chariot. The senses are like the horses; the mind,
the master of the senses, is like the reins; the objects of the senses
are the destinations; intelligence is the chariot driver; and con-
sciousness, which spreads throughout the body, is the cause of
bondage in this material world.
PURPORT
For a bewildered person in the materialistic way of life, the body, the
mind and the senses, which are engaged in sense gratification, are the
cause of bondage to repeated birth, death, old age and disease. But for
one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge, the same body, senses and
mind are the cause of liberation. This is confirmed in the Katha
Upanisad (1.3.3-4,9) as follows:
atmanam rathinam viddhi
Sariram ratham eva ca
buddhim tu sdrathim viddhi
manah pragraham eva ca
