Shloka 61
🌟 Sanskrit:
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः |
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता || 2.61 ||
🌟 Transliteration:
tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ |
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
🌟 Meaning:
One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon Me, is known as a man of steady intelligence.
🌟 Explanation:
After establishing how difficult it is to control the senses by willpower alone, Krishna now reveals the ultimate method: devotion. He says that one should restrain the senses and sit with a focused mind, dedicated to "Me" (mat-paraḥ). The idea is that the senses are too powerful to be left unemployed. The most effective way to control them is not to suppress them, but to engage them in a higher, spiritual purpose. When one's consciousness is absorbed in the Divine, the senses naturally come under control.
Shloka 62
🌟 Sanskrit:
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते |
सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते || 2.62 ||
🌟 Transliteration:
dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate |
saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate ||
🌟 Meaning:
While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment, lust develops, and from lust, anger arises.
🌟 Explanation:
This verse begins a famous two-verse sequence that describes the "ladder of fall." Krishna masterfully explains the psychological chain reaction that leads to self-destruction. It all begins with an innocent-seeming thought: simply thinking about or "contemplating" a sense object (dhyāyato viṣayān). This contemplation creates attachment (saṅga). Attachment, when it becomes strong, turns into lust or intense craving (kāma). And when that craving is inevitably frustrated, it transforms into anger (krodha).
Shloka 63
🌟 Sanskrit:
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः |
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति || 2.63 ||
🌟 Transliteration:
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ |
smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati ||
🌟 Meaning:
From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion, bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost, one falls down into the material pool.
🌟 Explanation:
Krishna continues the chain reaction. Anger leads to delusion (sammoha), where a person can no longer distinguish right from wrong. This delusion causes a loss of memory (smṛti-vibhramaḥ), not of facts, but of one's true self and purpose. When this spiritual memory is lost, the intelligence (buddhi) is destroyed. And with the loss of spiritual intelligence, the person is completely lost (praṇaśyati), falling back into the cycle of material suffering.
Today’s Takeaway
Guard your thoughts. The greatest spiritual battles are won or lost in the mind. A seemingly harmless thought about a sense pleasure can set off a catastrophic chain reaction leading to anger, delusion, and ruin. The solution is to anchor the mind in a higher purpose. By filling your mind with divine thoughts, you leave no room for the seeds of destruction to take root. 🧘♀️💭
JAI SHRI KRISHNA👋👌👏👐💓💕💕💗💚💚💞💫🙌🙎🙏🙇
Hashtags
#BhagavadGita #DailyInspiration #MDayGitaQuote #SpiritualWisdom #LifeLessons #MindControl #DownwardSpiral #GuardYourThoughts #SteadyWisdom
No comments:
Post a Comment