आहु: शरीरं रथमिन्द्रियाणि हयानभीषून्मन इन्द्रियेशम् । वर्त्मानि मात्रा धिषणां च सूतं सत्त्वं बृहद् बन्धुरमीशसृष्टम् ॥ ४१ ॥
ahuh sariram ratham indriyani hayan abhisun mana indriyesam vartmani matra dhisanam ca sutam sattvam brhad bandhuram isa-srstam
- ahuh
- it is said
- sariram
- the body
- ratham
- the chariot
- indriyani
- the senses
- hayan
- the horses
- abhisun
- the reins
- manah
- the mind
- indriya
- of the senses
- isam
- the master
- vartmani
- the destinations
- matrah
- the sense objects
- dhisanam
- the intelligence
- ca
- and
- sutam
- the chariot driver
- sattvam
- consciousness
- brhat
- great
- bandhuram
- bondage
- isa
- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- srstam
- created.
Transcendentalists who are advanced in knowledge compare the body, which is made by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to a chariot. The senses are like the horses; the mind, the master of the senses, is like the reins; the objects of the senses are the destinations; intelligence is the chariot driver; and consciousness, which spreads throughout the body, is the cause of bondage in this material world.