The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya, 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
Having controlled all the senses, let him remain in contemplation, regarding Me as supreme; for, his knowledge is firmly set whose senses are under control.
With a desire to overcome this mutual dependence between the subduing of the senses and vision of the self, one has to conquer the senses which are difficult to subdue on account of their attachment to sense objects. So, focussing the mind on Me who am the only auspicious object for meditation, let him remain steadfast. When the mind is focussed on Me as its object, then such a mind, purified by the burning away of all impurities and devoid of attachment to the senses, is able to control the senses. Then the mind with the senses under control will be able to experience the self. As said in the Visnu Purana, " As the leaping fire fanned by the wind burns away a forest of dry trees, so Visnu, who is in the heart of all yogins destroys all sins" Sri Krishna teaches the same here: "He whose senses are under control, his knowledge is firmly set." He says further, " One who endeavours to subdue the senses, depending on one's own exertions, and does not focus the mind on Me in this way, becomes lost."
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