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TEXT 19
na yasya maya-guna-citta-vrttibhir
niriksato hy anv api drstir ajyate
ise yatha no jita-manyu-ramhasam
kas tam na manyeta jigisur atmanah
SYNONYMS
nanever; yasyawhose; mayaof the illusory energy; gunain the qualities; cittaof the heart; vrttibhihby the activities (thinking. feeling and willing); niriksatahof Him who is glancing; hicertainly; anuslightly; apieven; drstihvision; ajyateis affected; isefor the purpose of regulating; yathaas; nahof us; ajitawho have not conquered; manyuof anger; ramhasamthe force; kahwho; tamunto Him (the Supreme Lord); nanot; manyetawould worship; jigisuhaspiring to conquer; atmanahthe senses.
TRANSLATION
We cannot control the force of our anger. Therefore when we look at material things, we cannot avoid feeling attraction or repulsion for them. But the Supreme Lord is never affected in this way. Although He glances over the material world for the purpose of creating, maintaining and destroying it, He is not affected, even to the slightest degree. Therefore, one who desires to conquer the force of the senses must take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Then he will be victorious.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always equipped with inconceivable potencies. Although creation takes place by His glancing over the material energy, He is not affected by the modes of material nature. Because of His eternally transcendental position, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in this material world, the modes of material nature cannot affect Him. Therefore the Supreme Lord is called Transcendence, and anyone who wants to be secure from the influence of the modes of material nature must take shelter of Him.
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