Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-2.67: Swami Mukundananda.

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Monday 28, October 2024. 06:10.
Srimad Bhagavad Gita:
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yogam:67.
The Yogam of Analytical Knowledge
Swami Mukundananda.

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Slogam: 67 

"Indriyanam hi charatam yan mano ’nuvidhiyate

tadasya harati prajnam vayur navam ivambhasi."

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indriyanam—of the senses. 

hi—indeed. 

charatam—roaming. 

yat—which. 

manah—the mind. 

anuvidhiyate—becomes constantly engaged. 

tat—that. 

asya—of that. 

harati—carries away. 

prajnam—intellect. 

vayuh—wind. 

navam—boat. 

iva—as. 

ambhasi—on the water.

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Translation:

BG 2.67: 

"Just as a strong wind sweeps a boat off its chartered course on the water, even one of the senses on which the mind focuses can lead the intellect astray."

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Commentary:

The Kathopanishad states that God has made our five senses outward facing.  Hence, they are automatically drawn towards their objects in the external world, and even one of the senses on which the mind focuses has the power to lead it astray.

“Deer are attached to sweet sounds. The hunter attracts them by starting melodious music and then kills them. Bees are attached to fragrance. While they suck its nectar, the flower closes at night, and they get trapped within it. Fish are trapped by the desire for eating, and they swallow the bait of the fishermen. Insects are drawn to light. They come too close to the fire and get burnt. The weakness of elephants is the sense of touch. The hunter uses this to trap the male elephant by using the female elephant as bait to draw it into the pit. On entering the pit to touch the female, the male elephant is unable to get out and is killed by the hunter. All these creatures get drawn toward their death by one of their senses. What then will be the fate of a human being who enjoys the objects of all the five senses?” In this verse, Shree Krishna warns Arjuna of the power of these senses in leading the mind astray.

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Continued

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