The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
How to root out the Ego - sloka 27-32
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yaoga - Sloka 33
Sadrasham cheshtate svasyaha prakratehe gyanavanapi I
Prakritim yanti bhutani nigraha kim karishyati II sloka 33
सद्रशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रक्रतेः ज्ञान वानपि ।
प्रकृतिं यन्ति भूतानि निग्रह किं करिष्यति ।। श्लोक ३३
Some plants grow tall and slender while others are shrubby and stout; fruits taste sweet while others are bitter. The varying natures in the vegetation cannot be changed,but they can be augmented and enriched. Variation in nature is much more pronounced in humans than in any other species. Dispositions are divergent even among the enlightened. One is an introvert while another is an extrovert. A saint is given to devotion and a sage to discrimination. The yogi disciplines the mind while the man of action lovingly serves mankind. Attaining perfection is their thread of unity in the midst of mental variations. No violence should be done to the vagaries even in saints. Each must be allowed and encouraged to evolve in line with his temperament.
The earthy among men are bound fast to things mundane. Obstructing their worldly ways avails nothing. Inducing them to evolve in tune with their nature aids their growth. Slow sublimation of their nature is the greatest service that can be rendered to them.
An individual complained to Sri Ramakrishna that he found it impossible to turn his mind Godward. It was asked of him as to what was the thing or being that he loved the most. The man pondered for a while and said that he was inordinately attached to a goat he reared. A suggestion was then made to him to think of that goat as imbued with divinity and meditate on it. The man did so and had his mind slowly turned Godward.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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