In English
Senses are servants of mind, not master
In fact, the function of the mind is to act as controller of the senses. The role of the-senses is to serve the. mind, the fight relationship is for the servants to obey the master and for the master to rule over the servants. But when the master falls into the hands" of his servants, he becomes the victim of all varieties of loss and grief. The provides a fine illustration for this danger. , the queen, was the mistress; was her servant, her maid, but since the queen was subservient to her maid, a whole series of tragedies happened. came from a famous Royal dynasty; she was the favourite consort of a famous emperor; she was the mother of a son, , famous for his dutifulness and righteousness; she loved her stepson as dearly as her life-breath; yet, despite her own virtue, learning and authority, since she gave ear to her attendant, , she drew upon herself eternal infamy from everyone. She landed in a situation where her beloved son came to despise her. Even the names and have become obnoxious. The lesson is: we should not allow the senses, who are only servants, to lord over us. If we do so we invite the fate of . Wherever you are, however rich, learned or powerful, when you advise some one to do wrong, you invite on yourselves the fate of . Since men yield to the blandishments of the senses, they are becoming and losing the Divine Nature, the quality of the Master.