BHAGAVAD GEETA: 87 - Swami Advayananda.
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Chapter - 2
Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas)
“Yoga of the SUPREME SELF”
Sri Veda Vyasaji
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Monday 26, Aug 2024, 05:41.
Discourse 2 | Yoga of the Supreme Self
2.12 THE MAN OF STEADY WISDOM
(Slogas 54-67, 14 No.
Slogam - 63: Q3: Without Matpara – the Fast Descent
Post - 87.
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Slogam - 63: Q3: Without Matpara – the Fast Descent
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Krodhaat bhavati sam-mohah = From anger comes delusion;
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sam-mohaat smriti-vibhrama; = from delusion comes loss of memory;
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smriti-bhramshaat buddhi-naashah = from loss of memory, destruction of discrimination;
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buddhi-naashaat pranashyati. = from destruction of discrimination, he Perishes.
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The Fast Descent:
The “The Ladder of Descent” continues, with the gradient suddenly getting steeper:
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Anger Brings Delusion: With anger comes clouding of the mind. The eye sees ‘red’ only everywhere.
It cannot think straight anymore. There is no sense of proportion. Even if it is a small desire
the anger does not see it as that, but blows it out of proportion. That is delusion or Moha.
Nothing appears straight as it is. The hand of friendship appears as a fist aiming a blow.
A compliment appears as a sarcastic remark. The disease of delusion seems to have no cure.
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Delusion Brings Loss of Memory: From Delusion one forgets his social standing,
how he relates to the other person, etc. He completely loses his memory which normally
would have helped him to calm himself down. Now that it is not there, he lets himself go,
with the result that his words become inappropriate, disgraceful and shameful.
He has essentially lost respect for himself, and that reflects in his loss of respect for everyone else.
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Loss of Memory Brings Loss of Discrimination: When this loss of memory occurs
and one forgets himself, his honour and his etiquette, with it goes discrimination, which
rests on memory of past experience.
The bout of anger has boiled out all the water, and only the pot sits directly on the fire.
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…then Comes the CRASH! Such a wretched state brings one to utter ruin of his reputation, his character.
The relationship with the other person and perhaps with many others related to that person, is destroyed,
with hardly a chance to recover them.
As Gurudev puts it, “The man becomes a two-legged animal.”
The hungers of the flesh reduce the person to just that – a lump of flesh!
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Next
Slogam - 64: Q4: “How Does He Walk?” – With Self-Control
Continued
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