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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.27
notsahe 'haḿ kṛpaṇa-dhīḥ
kāma-karma-hataḿ manaḥ
roddhuḿ pramāthibhiś cākṣair
hriyamāṇam itas tataḥ
SYNONYMS
na utsahe — am not able to find the strength; aham — I; kṛpaṇa — crippled; dhīḥ — whose intelligence; kāma — by material desires; karma — and material activities; hatam — disturbed; manaḥ — my mind; roddhum — to keep in check; pramāthibhiḥ — which are very powerful and willful; ca — and; akṣaiḥ — by the senses; hriyamāṇam — being dragged; itaḥ tataḥ — here and there.
TRANSLATION
My intelligence is so crippled that I cannot find the strength to curb my mind, which is disturbed by material desires and activities and constantly dragged here and there by my obstinate senses.
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