Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15


Sanskrit:

विष्णौ त्र्यधीश्वरे चित्तं धारयेत् कालविग्रहे ।स ईशित्वमवाप्नोति क्षेत्रज्ञक्षेत्रचोदनाम् ॥ १५ ॥

ITRANS:

viṣṇau try-adhīśvare cittaṁdhārayet kāla-vigrahesa īśitvam avāpnotikṣetrajña-kṣetra-codanām

Translation:

One who places his consciousness on Viṣṇu, the Supersoul, the prime mover and Supreme Lord of the external energy consisting of three modes, obtains the mystic perfection of controlling other conditioned souls, their material bodies and their bodily designations.

Purport:

We should remember that mystic perfection never enables a living entity to challenge the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead. In fact, one cannot obtain such perfections without the mercy of the Supreme Lord; thus one’s controlling power can never disturb the plan of Lord Kṛṣṇa. One is allowed to exhibit mystic control only within the confines of the law of God, and even a great yogī who transgresses the law of God by his so-called mystic opulences will be severely punished, as revealed in the story of Durvāsā Muni cursing Ambarīṣa Mahārāja.