SB 11.23.47 – Seek God’s power to break free from the godlike power of the autocratic mind

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thank you in spiritual advancement thank you so the mind has brought under its control others what are the others so here the word devatas refers to the senses you know the senses they are represented by their presiding deities there are different devatas who are in charge or in charge of the different senses but the mind has brought under control all the senses whatever the mind goes the senses follow in that direction and what the mind is attached to that’s what the senses observe if the mind is lusty then the mind the senses all move around and look for a sexually attractive object so the mind is greedy the senses look around and try to come in contact with wealth and wealth related things so like that the mind has controlled everything else but manas chana nyesvasham sameti and the mind has not is not under the control of anyone else the mind is controlled everyone else but the mind is not the control of anyone else the mind is the ultimate autocrat there are different autocrats autocrats are dictatorial rule dictator like rulers who have absolute control and such rulers often break terror whenever they rule and many of the greatest conquerors in history have tried to become unrivaled rulers of the world by defeating everyone else but among all such conquerors the mind is the greatest autocrat because it doesn’t come under the control of anyone else in fact its power is fearsome and it is the strongest among all strong things and a significant word that uses devaha so earlier they were deva was used to refer to senses now the word deva is used to refer to the godlike power of the mind the godlike power is fearsome so actually just as god is meant to be obeyed unquestioningly most people obey the mind unquestioningly and sometimes they try to question the mind also the mind just silences and forces the person to act according to its dictates so godlike power and if somehow if somehow or the other if somehow one can engage and control the mind then sahi deva devaha such a person becomes the master of all the senses deva devaha refers to the senses devaha refers to the master so instead of trying individually to deal with the senses if one can bring the mind under control then all the senses will automatically come under control and that yunjad manas that yunjad vashetam that attempt to bring the mind under control is central to chanting so when we don’t devote ourselves to Krishna the ultimate god the real god then the mind becomes our god and we become obedient not just servants but slaves of the mind but the mind is a bad god who makes us do bad things and makes us suffer the consequences and lets us suffer the consequences without coming to our help so Krishna protects and rescues us from suffering but the mind actually makes us suffer all the more first it makes us do misdeeds due to which first it makes us do misdeeds that disconnect us from Krishna and when the consequences come then the mind makes us takes on a righteous role and makes us suffer by beating us internally why did you do that why are you so foolish why are you so dumb and the mind will say hadn’t you heard earlier you should not have done this so the mind beats us both ways first it beats us for doing wrong things and then it beats us for doing wrong things so such is the terrible mind and we need to control it so if we serve the true god the real god the benevolent god Krishna by being attentive in our chanting then we can become free gradually from the slavery the controllership the domination by this fearsome fearsome god like powerful mind and that’s why chanting is the process to freedom from the dictatorship from the slavery of the autocratic mind when we envision chanting in terms of freedom that inspires and kindles our interaction for freedom and energizes our efforts in chanting and thereby helps us to achieve concentration and devotion and success in chanting