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 65
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| Nammalwar |
Prasade sarva dukhanam hanih asya upajayate I
Prasanna chetasah hi ashu buddhih paryavatishtate II sloka 65
प्रसादे सर्व दुखनं हानिः अस्य उपजायते ।
प्रसन्न चेतसः हि आशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ।। श्लोक ६५
In tranquility all his sorrow is destroyed. For the intellect of the tranquil minded is soon anchored in equilibrium
The world is a mixture of good and evil. But the majority of people see more of evil than good in it. Some among them hope that when the world gets rectified there is the possibility of their enjoying more of peace of mind. Cognizing evil in the world and mind being given to restlessness are interrelated. Evils seen outside are all, in fact, the projections of the mind; they have no external reality. As the mind gets purified, seeing of evil gets minimised. Grounds for becoming a prey to sorrow are accordingly cut down. When the mind becomes perfectly pure, all evils and all sorrow automatically vanish. Keeping the mind even, under all circumstances is the means to gain in purity.
What appears as the world is verily the Divinity. Creating relationship with It on this basis leads to the purification of mind. Poise and placidity are the characteristics of the purified mind. Atman, the Reality gets reflected best in it. Ultimately the pure mind itself gets merged in the Atman.
After curdling, the milk is to be kept undisturbed in one place so that it may coagulate into good curds. Change of place will have an adverse effect. Likewise mind is to be fixed on the Lord only for it to become calm and divine.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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