Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 194

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

bandhur-ātmā’tmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ | anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat || 6 || 6. The mind is the friend of one who has conquered the mind. But for one whose mind is uncontrolled, the mind, like an adversary, remains hostile. Commentary The meaning is that an uncontrolled mind is a hindrance to the attainment of the supreme state of Beatitude. It has been said by Bhagavan Parashara also: — " One's mind is the cause of both bondage and release. Its addiction to sense-objects is the cause of bondage; its freedom from sense-objects is the means of one's release .