CH 6, Verses 24 & 25

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Chapter 6

Verse 24

 

Sankalpa-prabhavaan kaamaa.ns tyaktvaa sarvaan

asheshhatah /

manas'aiv'endriya-graamam viniyamya samantatah //

 

Giving up all desires which arise from thoughts

(Samkalpa), restraining all the senses from all

quarters by the mind.

 

Verse 25

 

Shanaih-shanair uparamed.h bud.hdhyaa

dhriti-griheetayaa /

aatma-sa.nstham manah kritvaa na ki.nchid api

chintayet //

 

Little by little (gradually or by degrees) let him

withdraw, with the intellect set in firmness and with

the mind fastened on the Self; let him not think of

anything else.

 

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 60

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, June-July 1998

 

"Giving up all desires which arise from thoughts

(Samkalpa), restraining all the senses from all

quarters by the mind" (Chapter 6, Verse 24).

 

"Little by little (gradually or by degrees) let him

withdraw, with the intellect set in firmness and with

the mind fastened on the Self; let him not think of

anything else" (Verse 25).

 

These verses clearly set forth the means of securing

mastery of Yoga. Firstly, the aspirant of Yoga should

give up all desires arising out of thoughts of

cherished aims. A man may entertain in his mind

different types of desires of enjoying worldly

pleasures. These desires make his mind fickle.

Therefore, in order to make the mind steady, these

desires are to be totally given up. Even if the

aspirant has a negligible or least desire to enjoy a

particular object, he should totally erase it from his

mind. Otherwise this least desire lurking in his mind

may gain strength in course of time and give trouble

to him. Therefore it is said that the aspirant has to

give up desires totally (karmaan asheshatah.) He

should give up desires after well understanding that

they are of no use to him.

 

Along with this, with the help of his mind endued

(endowed) with discrimination, the aspirant should

control his sense organs. When all desires are

abandoned, automatically the sense organs become

quiet. The mind then becomes peaceful, calm and

collected. At this time the aspirant should fix up his

mind on the Self. Thus gradually, which means not

impetuously, but little by little, and with the

intellect set in firmness, which means with a resolute

intellect, one should withdraw the mind from oneself.

The idea is the outgoing mind should be turned inwards

by a slow and steady practice and should be fixed upon

the Self. Having made his mind remain steady on the

Self, he should not think of anything else with the

idea ‘the self alone is all; there is nothing apart

from it.’ This is the highest instruction on Yoga.

 

 

 

 

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