Saturday, June 18, 2011

Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 55


The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevavananda's translation of  Ramanuja's  Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The Enlightened Defined -54-72 
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 55
Krishna in Devaki's womb
Sri Bhagavan Uvacha
Prajahati yada kaman sarvan partha manogatan I
Atmanyevatman tushtah sthitapragyah tada uchyate II sloka 55
श्री भगवान उवाच
प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान पार्थ मनोगतान ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना   तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञः तदा उच्यते ।। श्लोक ५५

The Lord said
When a man renounces, all the desires of the mind, O Arjuna, when he is satisfied in himself,  with himself, then he is said to be of firm wisdom.

When a person is satisfied in himself with himself, ie., when his mind depends on the self within himself; and being content with that, expels all the desires of the mind which are different  from that state of mind - then he is said to be a man of firm wisdom. This is the highest form of devotion to knowledge. 

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