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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.13.17
sanakadaya ucuh
guneshv avisate ceto
mumukshor atititirshoh
SYNONYMS
sanaka-adayah ucuh -- the sages headed by Sanaka said; guneshu -- in the sense objects; avisate -- directly enters; cetah -- the mind; gunah -- the sense objects; cetasi -- within the mind; ca -- also (enter); prabho -- O Lord; katham -- what is the process; anyonya -- of the mutual relationship between the sense objects and the mind; santyagah -- renunciation; mumukshoh -- of one desiring liberation; atititirshoh -- of one desiring to cross over sense gratification.
TRANSLATION
The sages headed by Sanaka said: O Lord, people's minds are naturally attracted to material sense objects, and similarly the sense objects in the form of desire enter within the mind. Therefore, how can a person who desires liberation, who desires to cross over activities of sense gratification, destroy this mutual relationship between the sense objects and the mind? Please explain this to us.
PURPORT
As described above, as long as one is a conditioned soul the modes of material nature, manifested in the form of sense objects, constantly disturb the mind, and by their harassment one is deprived of the actual perfection of life.
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