Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 11 Chapter 16:36-44

Book 11: Chapter 16

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 11: Chapter 16: Verses 36-44 I am (the functions of) locomotion, speech, defecation, grasping and enjoyment (of the organs of action) and touching, seeing, tasting, hearing and smelling (of the senses of perception), as well as the faculty (of perceiving the sense-objects) inhering in all the senses of perception. I am (the seven categories which are both of the nature of cause and effect, viz., the subtle elements of) earth, the air, ether, water, fire; the (cosmic) Ego and Mahat-tattva (the principle of cosmic intelligence); (sixteen categories which are) modifications (alone, viz., the five gross elements and the eleven Indriyas), the soul (which is neither a cause nor an effect), the Unmanifest (primordial Matter*, which is a cause alone), (the three modes of Prakrti, viz.,) Rajas, Sattva and Tamas as well as Brahma (the. Absolute). (Nay,) I am the numbering of these categories, their (distinguishing) knowledge (by means of their characteristics) and the (resultant) Realization of Truth. Nothing exists anywhere apart from Me, who am God as well as Jiva (the individual soul), the (three) Gunas (modes of Prakrti) as well as the categories made up of the (three) Gunas (viz., the Mahat tattva and so on), (nay,) who am the Inner Controller of all as well as all. The reckoning of atoms can be done by Me in course of time, but not so of My glorious manifestations (which are endless) as I evolve universes in tens of millions. Wherever there is glory, affluence, renown, authority, modesty, liberality, elegance, good luck, valour, endurance and knowledge of Truth, that is (indeed) My part manifestation. These are all My glorious manifestations made known to you in brief. They are (however) mere caprices of the mind (and not real); they are like something merely expressed in words. (Therefore,) restrain (your) speech, curb (your) mind, control (your) breath, tame (your) senses and conquer your intellect with your (Sattvika) intellect and you will no longer be liable to return to the path oftransmigration. The sacred vows, austerities and liberality of the Yogi who does not duly subdue his speech and mind with his reason leak out (unnoticed) as water from an unbaked jar. Therefore, keeping his eyes fixed on Me as his goal, a man should control his mind, speech and breath by means of his intellect full of devotion to Me; thereby he will have reached the end of his journey. Thus ends the sixteenth discourse in Book Eleven of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahmsa-Samhita.