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 34
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| Serthi - Thirukannapuram Sowriraja Perumal |
Tayo na vasham agachet tau hi asya pari panthinau II sloka 34
इन्द्रियस्य इन्द्रियस्य अर्थे राग द्वेषौ व्यवस्थिथौ ।
तयोः न वशं आगच्छेत तौ हि अस्य परि पन्थिनौ ।। श्लोक ३४
Attachment & aversion of the senses for their respective objects are natural; let none come under their domination; they verily are his enemies.
Life in the body and in the senses is not an end in itself; it is only a passing phase. Senses have been serviceable for the evolution of the sub-human into the human. Now the goal for the human into the divine. Senses are stumbling blocks to this. They are therefore labellled as the enemies of the spiritual aspirant. They are required to be transcended. It is from attachments and aversions that they get their power to function. When these dualities are done away with, the senses cease to be enemies. Likes and dislikes are created by the egotistic attitude.When this hurtful attitude is changed to helpful devotional attitude, likes and dislikes melt away; the senses in their turn get tamed down.
The function of the scriptures is to exhort man to change his attitude from the base to the noble. When the life for the individual is converted into the life for the Lord, the senses cease to be enemies.
When can desire and hatred, the enemies of man be destroyed? These propensities of the mind prove themselves enemies when directed to worldly affairs. They become allies when directed godward. Desires for worldly things must be converted into the desire for God. Let man be annoyed with God and angry with Him for not revealing Himself. Desire and anger cannot be totally destroyed, but they can be transmuted; then they become harmless.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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