Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 8: Lord Nrisimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.9

jahy āsuram bhāvam imam tvam ātmanah

samam mano dhatsva na santi vidvishah

rite 'jitād ātmana utpathe sthitāt

tad dhi hy anantasya mahat samarhanam

SYNONYMS

jahi — just give up; āsuram — demoniac; bhāvam — tendency; imam — this; tvam — you (my dear father); ātmanah — of yourself; samam — equal; manah — the mind; dhatsva — make; na — not; santi — are; vidvishah — enemies; rite — except; ajitāt — uncontrolled; ātmanah — the mind; utpathe — on the mistaken path of undesirable tendencies; sthitāt — being situated; tat hi — that (mentality); hi — indeed; anantasya — of the unlimited Lord; mahat — the best; samarhanam — method of worship.

TRANSLATION

Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: My dear father, please give up your demoniac mentality. Do not discriminate in your heart between enemies and friends; make your mind equipoised toward everyone. Except for the uncontrolled and misguided mind, there is no enemy within this world. When one sees everyone on the platform of equality, one then comes to the position of worshiping the Lord perfectly.

PURPORT

Unless one is able to fix the mind at the lotus feet of the Lord, the mind is impossible to control. As Arjuna says in Bhagavad-gītā (6.34):

cańcalam hi manah krishna

pramāthi balavad dridham

tasyāham nigraham manye

vāyor iva sudushkaram

"For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, it seems to me, is more difficult than controlling the wind." The only bona fide process for controlling the mind is to fix the mind by service to the Lord. We create enemies and friends according to the dictation of the mind, but actually there are no enemies and friends. panditāh sama-darśinah [Bg. 5.18]. Samah sarveshu bhūteshu mad-bhaktim labhate parām [Bg. 18.54]. To understand this is the preliminary condition for entering into the kingdom of devotional service.

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