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 70
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| Krishna playing the flute for Gopis |
Apuryamanam achala pratishtam samudram apah pravishanti yadvat I
Tadvat kamah yam pravishanti sarve sa shantim apnoti na kamakami II sloka 70
आपुर्यमानं अचल प्रतिष्ठं समुद्रं आपः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत् कामः यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिं आप्नोति न कामकामी ।। श्लोक ७०
Not the desirer of desires, but that man attains Peace, in whom all desires merge even as rivers flow into the ocean which is full and unmoving.
It is not possible for anyone to add to or subtract the volume of the ocean.Though all the rivers of the world continue to empty themselves into it, its magnitude remains ever the same.If the rivers ceased to flow in and evaporation went on as usual, even then the expanse of the ocean will be the same. It is ever full. The mind of the Muni is like the ocean. The sensations brought in by the sense organs get themselves dissolved in the ocean of consciousness. No modifications of the mind such as desires, aversions, longings, feelings and thoughts take shape. The question of the mind getting muddled does not arise there. It is a vast waveless ocean of consciousness. Not a speck of mentation maybe noticed in that infinitude.He who is in this blessed state is a Jivan Mukta - a free soul, even though embodied. The very presence of an emancipated soul is a boon to the society. In his presence the minds of aspirants automatically become pacified.
There are mountains, hills, dales, valleys and plains at the bottom of the ocean. But they are not discernable on the surface. Akin to it the jnani in samadhi experiences Infinite - existence-knowledge-bliss. Modifications such as I and mine get merged in that beatitude
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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