CH 6, Verses 33 & 34

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Chapter 6

Verse 33

 

Aarjuna uvaacha:

 

Yo'yam yogas tvayaa proktah saamyena Madhusuudana /

etasy'aaham na pashyaami cha.nchalatvaat sthiti.n

sthiraam //

 

Arjuna said:

 

O! Madhusoodana (Krishna,) this yoga of evenness which

has been declared by you, I do not see its firm

endurance, owing to unsteadiness (of mind).

 

Verse 34

 

cha.nchalam hi manah Krishhna pramaathi balavad.h

dridham /

tasy'aaham nigraham manye vaayor iva sudushhkaram //

 

For, O! Krishna, the mind is unsteady, turbulent,

strong and obstinate. I consider its control to be as

greatly difficult as of the wind.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 62

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, September 1998

 

He who has been in communion with his Self sees the

same Self everywhere. He views the entire universe and

the different objects in it, the movables and the

immovables, in the likeness of his own Self. Whatever

is unpleasant to him, he considers as unpleasant to

others. As he does not like to be harmed by others, he

also does not cause any harm to others. He considers

an injury done to others as an injury to his own Self.

So the real Yogi never injures anyone. He loves others

as he loves his own Self. He feels for others as he

feels for himself.

 

As happiness is dear to him, so also he realizes that

happiness is dear to all creatures. As sorrow is

unfavorable to him, so also he feels sorrow is

unwelcome to all creatures. In this way he looks upon

happiness and sorrow as pleasant and unpleasant to all

beings by the same standard as he would apply to

himself. Such a Yogi is considered as the best among

all Yogis.

 

Noticing that this Yoga as spoken of by the Lord is

hard to acquire, Arjuna in order to hear the same

means to its attainment, said:

 

"O! Madhusoodana (Krishna,) this yoga of evenness

which has been declared by you, I do not see its firm

endurance, owing to unsteadiness (of mind)."

 

"For, O! Krishna, the mind is unsteady, turbulent,

strong and obstinate. I consider its control to be as

greatly difficult as of the wind" (Chapter 6, Verse

34).

 

The mind by nature is fickle and unsteady. It is also

turbulent (pramathi), because it torments and agitates

the body and the organs. It brings the body and the

mind under extraneous control. Besides, it is strong

(balavan) as it is not amenable to one's control. It

is also obstinate (dridham). How can such a mind be

controlled and trained in order to attain the Yoga of

evenness? This question started haunting Arjuna. And

so he asked the Lord, "O! Krishna, the mind is most

unsteady. It always wanders in all directions. I think

its control is very hard to achieve like that of the

wind"

 

 

 

 

 

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