Chapter 3: Karma Yoga – Transforming All Activities into Yoga: Verse 42
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्य: परं मन: ।
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धे: परतस्तु स: ।।
indriyāṇi parāṇy-āhur-indriyebhya: paraṃ mana:
manasas-tu parā buddhir-yo buddhe: paratastu sa: – 3.42
Senses are superior to the objects around. Mind reigns above the senses. And intelligence is still superior. But the Soul (which the ‘I’ denotes, the real identity of man) is still loftier.
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga – Transforming All Activities into Yoga - Verse 42
Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
No matter how strong and blazing desire and greed are, they can still be regulated. Our personality is quite equipped for it outwardly and inwardly.
It is our senses that interact with world objects. The far point of the eye is infinity. Hence is not the inner presence, that shaped the senses, even more infinite?
Senses derive their power only when the mind employs them. While senses are superior to objects, inner mind is greater than the senses. Intelligence, sifting the sensory imprints, engendering knowledge and memory to guide the mind, is even more superior. Superior to intelligence is the ‘I’, the Soul, the most resourceful!
All your external and internal faculties being superior to world-objects, are you weak, inadequate, subduable? Live and move in the world as a Master, a magnificent performer, unaffected by anything and all, blissfully.
