Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्पर: ।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta mat-para:
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā – 2.61
Restraining all of them (senses), remain self-collected, focussing on Me (the Supreme). Whose senses are under control, his consciousness is steady.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 61
Ma Gurupriya
Each of the five senses has its unique sway over the mind. All of them have, therefore, to be regulated alike by discretion and caution.
One or another sense is far more powerful in the non- human beings. The huge tusker is led to the pit by the female elephant, tied near the camouflaged trap, because of his extra fondness for her touch.
The hunter shoots the deer, making the animal spellbound by playing his pipe to allure the beautiful animal.
The moth flies into the blazing fire, unable to control its craze for light. The angler catches the fish with his bait, because it has a strong pull for taste. And the bee by its love for fragrance, meets death by its craving for the champa-flower, which is deadly poisonous to it.
With five senses staring at him all along, what is the plight of the intelligent human? Each sense bringing destruction to non-humans, how threatened is human life!
