1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 15 - Purushottama Yoga - Sloka 11

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's  Gita  Bhashya and Swami Chidbhavananda's Bhagavad Gita, both published by Ramakrishna Mission

How to obtain the eye of wisdom?

The Divine Eye 10-11

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 15 - Purushottama Yoga - Sloka 11 

Kousalya with baby Rama

Yatantah yoginah cha enam pashyanti atmani avasthitam I

Yatantah api akrut atmanah na enam pashyanti achetasah II sloka 11

यतन्तः योगिनः च एनं पश्यन्ति आत्मनि अवस्थितम् I 

यतन्तः अपि अकृत आत्मनः न एनं पश्यन्ति अचेतसः II  श्लोक 11

Those who strive, endued with yoga, cognise him dwelling in the self; though striving, the unrefined and unintelligent see him not.

 The act of striving is common to both the yogi and the non-yogi. Nothing can be achieved without working for it. But the unrefined and unintelligent man labours the wrong way. He is not well established in self control. Spiritual egoism lurks in his heart. pride and conceit alienate him from others. Such a man, though endeavouring in the spiritual line all through life, does not develop the eye of wisdom. But the yogi is engaged in all humility in the welfare of all. He does his earthly duties to perfection viewing them as service to the Lord. He is exemplary in his practise of austerity and self-control. And in subordinating the individual  will to the will of the lord he is unreserved. Purity of the ind marks him for its own. He therefore develops the eye of wisdom as a matter of course.

All water leaks away even if there be a minute hole in a water pot. In that manner, even if there is a trace of earthly attachment in the mind of sadhaka, all his spiritual practise comes to naught.