The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 61
Tani sarvani samyamya yukta asita matparah I
Vashe hi yasyendriyani tasya pragya pratishtita II sloka 61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त प्रज्ञा मत्परः ।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्टित ।। श्लोक ६१
The yogi, having controlled them all, sits focused on Me as the supreme goal. His wisdom is constant whose senses are under subjugation.
Mind cannot occupy itself at the same time with 2 conflicting agendas. In the suto suggestion, "I shall efface sense pleasures", the idea of those pleasures is involved. It gets deep rooted in the mind. In a favourable future situation this hidden sprouts and puts forth branches. by nipping the tender branches on the surface, the stalk and the roots below are not destroyed. On the other hand, the stem gathers strength below. The unwanted idea thrives in the sub-conscious region of the mind; it is negatively fostered. The process has therefore to be reversed by substituting a positive idea such as, " I shall delight in the glory of the Lord" When this wholesome idea gains in strength the other gets purged away. Healthy ideas wipe out the unhealthy ones. As devotion to the Lord increases, the wild vehemence of the mind gets tamed down.
No thought of any sense-indulgence crops up in the mind while one is bitterly bereaved of a dearly loved relative. Similarly no vulgar thought crops up in the mind for one devoted to the Divine. The turbulent senses in him become subdued soon.
Sri RamakrishnaParamahamsa
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