Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 54

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 1 The Yog of Irresolution and Grief पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जय। पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः॥15॥ [ ‘‘While Hrishikesh (Krishn) blew his conch Panchjanya and Dhananjay (Arjun) the conch named Devdutt, the Vrikodar (Bheem) of awesome deeds blew the great conch Paundr.’’ ] So Hrishikesh (lord of the senses), who knows all the mysteries of the human heart, blows the conch Panchjanya. This is a declaration of his intent to restrain the five organs of perception which correspond to word, touch, form, taste, and smell, and to transmute their inclinations into devotion. Exerting control on the wild senses and disciplining them into faithful servitors is the gift from an accomplished teacher; the gift, indeed, from the admired God. Krishn is a yogi, an ideal teacher. As Arjun says in the Geeta, “Lord, I am thy disciple.” It is only an accomplished teacher; who can make us relinquish all objects of sensual pleasure, and to see and listen to and touch nothing except the coveted God.