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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.48

तं दुर्जयं शत्रुमसह्यवेग- मरुन्तुदं तन्न विजित्य केचित् । कुर्वन्त्यसद्विग्रहमत्र मर्त्यै- र्मित्राण्युदासीनरिपून् विमूढा: ॥ ४८ ॥
tam durjayaṁ śatrum asahya-vegam
[tam durjayam shatrum asahya-vegam]
arun-tudaṁ tan na vijitya kecit
[arun-tudam tan na vijitya kechit]
kurvanty asad-vigraham atra martyair
[kurvanty asad-vigraham atra martyair]
mitrāṇy udāsīna-ripūn vimūḍhāḥ
[mitraany udaaseena-ripoon vimoodhaah]
Word-for-word
tam — that durjayam — difficult to conquer śatrum — enemy asahya — intolerable vegam — whose urges arum-tudam — capable of tormenting the heart tat — therefore na vijitya — failing to conquer over kecit — some people kurvanti — they create asat — useless vigraham — quarrel atra — in this world martyaiḥ — with mortal living beings mitrāṇi — friends udāsīna — indifferent persons ripūn — and rivals vimūḍhāḥ — completely bewildered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam durjayaṁ śatrum asahya-vegam
tam
that
durjayam
difficult to conquer
śatrum
enemy
asahya
intolerable
vegam
whose urges
arun-tudaṁ tan na vijitya kecit
arum-tudam
capable of tormenting the heart
tat
therefore
na vijitya
failing to conquer over
kecit
some people
kurvanty asad-vigraham atra martyair
kurvanti
they create
asat
useless
vigraham
quarrel
atra
in this world
martyaiḥ
with mortal living beings
mitrāṇy udāsīna-ripūn vimūḍhāḥ
mitrāṇi
friends
udāsīna
indifferent persons
ripūn
and rivals
vimūḍhāḥ
completely bewildered.
Failing to conquer this irrepressible enemy, the mind, whose urges are intolerable and who torments the heart, many people are completely bewildered and create useless quarrel with others. Thus they conclude that other people are either their friends, their enemies or parties indifferent to them.
Purport

Falsely identifying oneself as the material body, and accepting bodily expansions such as children and grandchildren to be one’s eternal property, one completely forgets that every living being is qualitatively one with God. There is no essential difference between one individual being and another, since all are eternal expansions of the Supreme Lord. The mind absorbed in false ego creates the material body, and by identification with the body, the conditioned soul is overwhelmed by false pride and ignorance, as described here.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Failing to conquer this irrepressible enemy, the mind, whose urges are intolerable and which torments the heart, fools create useless quarrel with others. Thus they conclude that some people are their friends and others are their enemies or indifferent to them. Not conquering the mind, which gives pain to the heart, fools suddenly quarrel with others. They see others as friendly or inimical.
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Personal Guidance
Many fail to conquer the mind and create useless quarrels with others, classifying them as friends, enemies, or neutral. The unconquered mind invents adversaries.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'enemy' in my life might dissolve if I conquered my mind?
  • What would I do with the freed energy?
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