Text 21] The Churning of the Milk Ocean 303

kasin mahams tasya na kama-nirjayah
sa isvarah kim parato vyapdsrayah

niinam—certainly; tapah—austerity; yasya—of someone; na—not;
manyu—anger; nirjayah—conquered; jidnam—knowledge; kvacit—in
some saintly person; tat—that; ca—also; na—not; sariga-varjitam—
without the contamination of association; kascit—someone; mahadn—a
very great exalted person; tasya—his; na—not; kama—material
desires; nirjayah—conquered; sah—such a person; isvarah—con-
troller; kim—how can he be; paratah—of others; vyapasrayah—under
the control.

TRANSLATION

The goddess of fortune, examining the assembly, thought in
this way: Someone who has undergone great austerity has not yet
conquered anger. Someone possesses knowledge, but he has not
conquered material desires. Someone is a very great personality,
but he cannot conquer lusty desires. Even a great personality
depends on something else. How, then, can he be the supreme
controller?

PURPORT

Here is an attempt to find the supreme controller, or vara. Everyone
may be accepted as an #Svara, or controller, but still such controllers are
controlled by others. For example, one may have undergone severe
austerities but still be under the control of anger. By a scrutinizing
analysis, we find that everyone is controlled by something else. No one,
therefore, can be the true controller but the Supreme Personality of God-
head, Krsna. This is supported by the sastras. [svarah paramah krsnah:
the supreme controller is Krsna. Krsna is never controlled by anyone, for
He is the controller of everyone (sarva-kérana-kdranam).

TEXT 21

wi: Bq aT A qaTated
SINT: HAA AT A BHAT
