The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The origin of sin - 36-43
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yaoga - Sloka 41
Tasmat tvam indriyani adau niyamya bharata rishabha I
Papmanam prajahi hi enam gyan vigyan nashanam II sloka 41
तस्मात त्वां इन्द्रियाणि आदौ नियम्य भारत ऋषभ ।
पाप्मानं प्रजहि हि एनं ज्ञान विज्ञान नाशनं ।। श्लोक ४१
Therefore, O eminent of the Bharatas, mastering first the senses, slay it - the sinful, the destroyer of knowledge & realisation.
When the protecting fort is taken by storm, the enemy's position becomes vulnerable.It is easy to subdue him then. Lay hold of the senses, mind and intellect, using them for divine causes and desire is therefore done away with.
A clear grasp of the teachings of the scriptures is classified here as knowledge. Intuiting the Reality is realization. Both of these become impossible to a man of worldly desires. The splendour of Atman gets smothered by desires, which is therefore condemned as sinful. The conqueror of desire is indeed a hero.
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