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 67
Why does not one with indisciplined mind get illumined? The answer comes ..
Indriyanam hi charatam yatmanah nuvidhiyate I
Tadasya harati pragyam vayuh navam ivambhasi II sloka 67
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यतमानः नुविधियते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञं वायुः नवं इवाम्भसि ।। श्लोक ६७
Just as a gale pushes away a ship on waters, the mind that yields to the roving senses carries away his discrimination
A ship without rudder is at the mercy of a strong wind. Nothing can be predicted as to where it will be shoved. Senses are involuntarily drawn to sense objects. Mind that follows in the wake of the senses is naturally led astray by them. As a rudderless ship does not reach its destination, so the misdirected mind does not contact Atman. The wick that contacts a flame gets lit; similarly the mind that communes with Atman gets illumined.
Sense pleasures are liek itching eczema. There is pleasure in violently scratching it; but the disease gets aggravated by this.
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