Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.56
"For one who is meditating on sense gratification, material life, although lacking factual existence, does not go away, just as the unpleasant experiences of a dream do not." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/56
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.2-3
"Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O disciple of Bṛhaspati, there is virtually no saintly man in this world capable of resettling his own mind after it has been disturbed by the insulting words of uncivilized men." "Sharp arrows which pierce one’s chest and reach the heart do not cause as much suffering as the arrows of harsh, insulting words that become lodged within the heart when spoken by uncivilized men." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/2 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.19
"Theft, violence, speaking lies, duplicity, lust, anger, perplexity, pride, quarreling, enmity, faithlessness, envy and the dangers caused by women, gambling and intoxication are the fifteen undesirable qualities that contaminate men because of greed for wealth. Although these qualities are undesirable, men falsely ascribe value to them. One desiring to achieve the real benefit of life should therefore remain aloof from undesirable material wealth." Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.18-19
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.20-21
"Even a man’s brothers, wife, parents and friends united with him in love will immediately break off their affectionate relationships and become enemies over a single coin." "For even a small amount of money these relatives and friends become very agitated and their anger is inflamed. Acting as rivals, they quickly give up all sentiments of goodwill and will reject one at a moment’s notice, even to the point of committing murder." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/20 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/21
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.22
"Those who obtain human life, which is prayed for even by the demigods, and in that human birth become situated as first-class brāhmaṇas, are extremely fortunate. If they disregard this important opportunity, they are certainly killing their own self-interest and thus achieve a most unfortunate end." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.44
"Although present along with the struggling mind within the material body, the Supersoul is not endeavoring, because He is already endowed with transcendental enlightenment. Acting as my friend, He simply witnesses from His transcendental position. I, the infinitesimal spirit soul, on the other hand, have embraced this mind, which is the mirror reflecting the image of the material world. Thus I have become engaged in enjoying objects of desire and am entangled due to contact with the modes of nature." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.47
"All the senses have been under the control of the mind since time immemorial, and the mind himself never comes under the sway of any other. He is stronger than the strongest, and his godlike power is fearsome. Therefore, anyone who can bring the mind under control becomes the master of all the senses." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/47
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.48
"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." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/48
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.49
"Persons who identify with this body, which is simply the product of the material mind, are blinded in their intelligence, thinking in terms of “I” and “mine.” Because of their illusion of “this is I, but that is someone else,” they wander in endless darkness." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/49
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.50
"If you say that these people are the cause of my happiness and distress, then where is the place of the soul in such a conception? This happiness and distress pertain not to the soul but to the interactions of material bodies. If someone bites his tongue with his own teeth, at whom can he become angry in his suffering?" https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/50
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.56
"The false ego gives shape to illusory material existence and thus experiences material happiness and distress. The spirit soul, however, is transcendental to material nature; he can never actually be affected by material happiness and distress in any place, under any circumstance or by the agency of any person. A person who understands this has nothing whatsoever to fear from the material creation." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/56
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.59-60
"No other force besides his own mental confusion makes the soul experience happiness and distress. His perception of friends, neutral parties and enemies and the whole material life he builds around this perception are simply created out of ignorance." "My dear Uddhava, fixing your intelligence on Me, you should thus completely control the mind. This is the essence of the science of yoga." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/59 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/60