Bhagavata Purana 8.8.20
Srimad Bhagavatam · 8 · Verse 20
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Sanskrit Original
नूनं तपो यस्य न मन्युनिर्जयो ज्ञानं क्वचित् तच्च न सङ्गवर्जितम् । कश्चिन्महांस्तस्य न कामनिर्जय: स ईश्वर: किं परतोव्यपाश्रय: ॥ २० ॥
nūnaṁ tapo yasya na manyu-nirjayo jñānaṁ kvacit tac ca na saṅga-varjitam kaścin mahāṁs tasya na kāma-nirjayaḥ sa īśvaraḥ kiṁ parato vyapāśrayaḥ
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The goddess of fortune, examining the assembly, thought in this way: Someone who has undergone great austerity has not yet conquered anger. Someone possesses knowledge, but he has not conquered material desires. Someone is a very great personality, but he cannot conquer lusty desires. Even a great personality depends on something else. How, then, can he be the supreme controller?