Srimad Bhagavatam 5.11.4
by HG Vijaya Dasa 1/4/2022
Mind is very powerful but Krsna is more powerful than mind. One who practices devotional service with patience and determination, his mind becomes his friend gradually. 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. The result is that the living entity remains in the material world to enjoy and suffer pleasures and pains due to material activity. To change the consciousness from ignorance to passion or from passion to goodness does not really solve the problem. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (14.26), sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate. One must come to the transcendental platform; otherwise life’s mission is never fulfilled.
Srila Jiva Goswami:
A superexcellent Sanskrit scholar, Sri Jiva Goswami would compose Sanskrit verses in his mind and write them down without changing anything. Write them down means he used a metal stylus to permanently etch them in palm leaves. This inscription method left no room for erasing, editing, rewriting, or running a spellcheck. Yet, each verse was a priceless gem of perfect meter, rhythm, poetry, and meaning. He was the greatest philosopher in all of Indian history. Contemporary Sankritists call him the greatest scholar who ever lived. He wrote an astounding half million Sanskrit verses (about 25 books). Anyone who faithfully reads these books will become a Devotee of Krishna.
Sri Jagadisa Pandita:
Sri Jagadisa Pandita is considered to be simultaneously both Nityananda-shakha and Chaitanya-shakha, a branch both of Chaitanya as well as Nityananda in the desire tree of devotion. He was born in the town of Gauhati (Pragjyotishpur) in modern Assam. Jagadisha and his wife Duhkhini had the same kind of parental affection for the little Nimai as Jagannath and Sachi themselves.
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