Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.17.19
न यस्य मायागुणचित्तवृत्तिभि-र्निरीक्षतो ह्यण्वपि दृष्टिरज्यते
ईशे यथा नोऽजितमन्युरंहसांकस्तं न मन्येत जिगीषुरात्मन: ॥ १९ ॥
na yasya māyā-guṇa-citta-vṛttibhir
[na yasya maayaa-guna-chitta-vrittibhir]
nirīkṣato hy aṇv api dṛṣṭir ajyate
[nireekshato hy anv api drishtir ajyate]
īśe yathā no ’jita-manyu-raṁhasāṁ
[eeshe yathaa no ’jita-manyu-ramhasaam]
kas taṁ na manyeta jigīṣur ātmanaḥ
[kas tam na manyeta jigeeshur aatmanah]
Word-for-word
na
—
never
yasya
—
whose
māyā
—
of the illusory energy
guṇa
—
in the qualities
citta
—
of the heart
vṛttibhiḥ
—
by the activities (thinking, feeling and willing)
nirīkṣataḥ
—
of Him who is glancing
hi
—
certainly
aṇu
—
slightly
api
—
even
dṛṣṭiḥ
—
vision
ajyate
—
is affected
īśe
—
for the purpose of regulating
yathā
—
as
naḥ
—
of us
ajita
—
who have not conquered
manyu
—
of anger
raṁhasām
—
the force
kaḥ
—
who
tam
—
unto Him (the Supreme Lord)
na
—
not
manyeta
—
would worship
jigīṣuḥ
—
aspiring to conquer
ātmanaḥ
—
the senses.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na yasya māyā-guṇa-citta-vṛttibhir
na
never
yasya
whose
māyā
of the illusory energy
guṇa
in the qualities
citta
of the heart
vṛttibhiḥ
by the activities (thinking, feeling and willing)
nirīkṣato hy aṇv api dṛṣṭir ajyate
nirīkṣataḥ
of Him who is glancing
hi
certainly
aṇu
slightly
api
even
dṛṣṭiḥ
vision
ajyate
is affected
īśe yathā no ’jita-manyu-raṁhasāṁ
īśe
for the purpose of regulating
yathā
as
kas taṁ na manyeta jigīṣur ātmanaḥ
naḥ
of us
ajita
who have not conquered
manyu
of anger
raṁhasām
the force
kaḥ
who
tam
unto Him (the Supreme Lord)
na
not
manyeta
would worship
jigīṣuḥ
aspiring to conquer
ātmanaḥ
the senses.
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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
What person, desiring to conquer the senses, will not worship the Lord whose vision is not affected by the actions of the mind influenced by the guṇas of māyā when he glances in order to regulate matter, though we, having the force of uncontrolled anger, are affected by when we glance at matter.
This verse describes the Lord’s inconceivable power. Though the Lord glances for controlling (īśe), his glance is not affected by the actions of the guṇas, by the forms and qualities of māyā, by the actions of the senses and by the sense objects. Īśe comes from the verb īṭ, meaning to control. As an abstract noun it takes the form īś. An opposite example is given. We are affected the impulse of uncontrolled anger. Our glance is affected. You are not like that. Who, desiring to control the senses, would not worship the Lord?
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Personal Guidance
We cannot stop our anger or our attractions and aversions on our own — the senses are stronger than our willpower. The way out is not better self-control but taking shelter of the Lord. Devotion accomplishes what discipline alone cannot.
Reflection Questions
- Which reaction (anger, craving, aversion) keeps defeating my willpower, and have I tried bringing it to the Lord instead of fighting it alone?
- What does 'taking shelter' look like for me in a concrete moment of being triggered?
My note
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