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
Such and such is the nature of the self, which is different from prakriti - this has to be always contemplated upon; thus declare the sastras. Even a person who knows this acts in relation to material objects only according to his own nature, ie., guided by his old subtle impressions. How is this? All beings follow their nature. Beings in conjunctionwith non-conscient matter, all follow only subtle impressions which have continued to come from time immemorial. What ca the control enjoined by the sastras, do to these beings who follow their subtle impressions?
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