Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-2
Sankhya and Yoga
66. He who is not imbued with Yoga has neither knowledge nor meditation. For the unmeditative there is no peace, for the unpeaceful whence happiness? He is surely caught in the net of the sense-objects, in whose mind the thought of Yoga has not taken root. The wisdom of such a person, O Partha, never becomes steady, and the desire for such steady wisdom does not arise in his mind. When he does not have even the desire for steadiness, how can he attain to peace, O Arjuna? As he has no abiding interest in peace, happiness does not flow into him even by chance (341-345), as there can never be salvation for a sinner. If seeds roasted in fire sprout, happiness will accrue to a man without peace. Thus a mind undisciplined by Yoga is the source of misery, and for this reason it is best to control the senses. 67. For the mind which yields to the wandering senses loses his wisdom, as a ship on waters caught in a gale. Persons who do what the senses desire, do not at all cross over the sea of worldly existence. Just as the boat, which is caught in a storm when about to reach the shore, has to face a mishap which it had escaped till then, so if an enlightened person indulges fondly his senses, he is overcome by the misery of worldly life (346-350). |
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