Shri Dattatreya's Teachers: #16 : Fish

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:viii: 19, 20, 21 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press,

Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #16. Fish -

 

jihvayaa ati/-pramaathinyaa janaH rasa/-vimohitaH .

mR^ityum R^ichchhati asat /-buddhiH miinaH tu baDishaiH yathaa .. 19..

 

Enraptured by love of taste, a foolish person, through his

uncontrollable tongue, is destroyed like the fish by the hooks. 19 .

 

indriyaaNi jayanti aashuH niraahaaraaH maniishhiNaH .

varjayitvaa tu rasana.n tat nirannasya vardhate .. 20..

 

Through fasting, wise men can soon control their senses, except the

tongue, which becomes more powerful in the case of a fasting person. 20 .

 

taavat jitendriyaH na syaat vijitaani indriyaH pumaan.h .

na jayet rasana.n yaavat jita.n sarva.n jite rase .. 21..

 

One may have subdued all other senses; but unless one conquers the

sense of taste, one cannot be said to have gained self-control; all

senses get subdued when the sense of taste is conquered.

 

 

Regards,

 

s.