Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 388

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 6 The Yog of Meditation यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चज्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्येतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥26॥ [“Doing away with the causes that make the inconstant and fickle wander among worldly objects, he should devote his mind to God alone.’’] Strictly keeping out all allurements that tempt the changeable and restless mind to associate with worldly objects, the worshipper should try repeatedly to confine it to the Self. It is often contended that the mind should be let free to go wherever it tends to go. After all, where else can it go except to nature, which is also a creation of God? So if it roams amidst nature, it is not transgressing the bounds of God. But according to Krishn this is a misconception. There is no room for such beliefs in the Geeta. It is Krishn’s injunction that the very organs through which the mind strays here and there should be curbed in order to devote it solely to God. Restraint of mind is possible. But what is the consequence of this restraint?