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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.11.4

యావన్మనో రజసా పూరుషస్యసత్త్వేన వా తమసా వానురుద్ధమ్ చేతోభిరాకూతిభిరాతనోతినిరఙ్కుశం కుశలం చేతరం వా ॥ ౪ ॥
yāvan mano rajasā pūruṣasya
[yaavan mano rajasaa poorushasya]
sattvena vā tamasā vānuruddham
[sattvena vaa tamasaa vaanuruddham]
cetobhir ākūtibhir ātanoti
[chetobhir aakootibhir aatanoti]
niraṅkuśaṁ kuśalaṁ cetaraṁ vā
[nirankusham kushalam chetaram vaa]
Word-for-word
yāvat — as long as manaḥ — the mind rajasā — by the mode of passion pūruṣasya — of the living entity sattvena — by the mode of goodness vā — or tamasā — by the mode of darkness vā — or anuruddham — controlled cetobhiḥ — by the knowledge-acquiring senses ākūtibhiḥ — by the senses of action ātanoti — expands niraṅkuśam — independent like an elephant not controlled by a trident kuśalam — auspiciousness ca — also itaram — other than auspiciousness, sinful activities vā — or.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yāvan mano rajasā pūruṣasya
yāvat
as long as
manaḥ
the mind
rajasā
by the mode of passion
pūruṣasya
of the living entity
sattvena vā tamasā vānuruddham
sattvena
by the mode of goodness
vā
or
tamasā
by the mode of darkness
vā
or
anuruddham
controlled
cetobhir ākūtibhir ātanoti
cetobhiḥ
by the knowledge-acquiring senses
ākūtibhiḥ
by the senses of action
ātanoti
expands
niraṅkuśaṁ kuśalaṁ cetaraṁ vā
niraṅkuśam
independent like an elephant not controlled by a trident
kuśalam
auspiciousness
ca
also
itaram
other than auspiciousness, sinful activities
vā
or.
As long as the mind of the living entity is contaminated by the three modes of material nature (goodness, passion and ignorance), his mind is exactly like an independent, uncontrolled elephant. It simply expands its jurisdiction of pious and impious activities by using the senses. The result is that the living entity remains in the material world to enjoy and suffer pleasures and pains due to material activity.
Purport

In Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said that material pious and impious activities are both opposed to the principle of devotional service. Devotional service means mukti, freedom from material entanglement, but pious and impious activities result in entanglement within this material world. If the mind is captivated by the pious and impious activities mentioned in the Vedas, one remains eternally in darkness; one cannot attain the absolute platform. To change the consciousness from ignorance to passion or from passion to goodness does not really solve the problem. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26) , sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate. One must come to the transcendental platform; otherwise life’s mission is never fulfilled.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
As long as a man’s mind is bound up by rajas, sattva or tamas, the mind, like an uncontrolled mad elephant, continues to engage that person in dharma or adharma using the knowledge senses and action senses. “Why is it that generally, even though enlightened by the devotees, all men engage in material happiness?” As long as mind is bound by rajas, sattva or tamas, the mind like an uncontrolled mad elephant, engages a saintly person in dharma (kuśalam) or adharma (itaram), by the knowledge senses (cetobhiḥ) and the actions senses (ākūtibhiḥ). By force, the mind with its guṇas, destroying discrimination, engages in pious or sinful actions. What fault is there in the human being for this?
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