SB 7.8.10

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TEXT 10

 

dasyun pura san na vijitya lumpato

manyanta eke sva jita diso dasa

jitatmano jnasya samasya dehinam

sadhoh sva-moha-prabhavah kutah pare

 

dasyun--plunderers; pura--in the beginning; sat--six; na--not;

vijitya--conquering; lumpatah--stealing all one s possessions;

manyante--consider; eke--some; sva jitah--conquered; disah dasa--the ten

directions; jita-atmanah--one who has conquered the senses; jnasya--learned;

samasya--equipoised; dehinam--to all living entities; sadhoh--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. 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.