| 40. The senses,
mind, and reason are said to be its seat ; veiling wisdom through these,
it deludes the embodied. Its seat: the seat of desire. These: the senses
mind (manas), and reason (baddhi).How to kill out Desire. Therefore, O lord
of the Bharatas, restrain the senses first, do thou cast off this sinful
thing which is destructive of knowledge and wisdom. Jnana is the knowledge
of the Self and other things acquired from the sastra (scripture) and from
a teacher (acharya). Vi jnana is the personal experience of the things so
taught. Do thou cast off from you the destroyer of jnana and vijnana which
lead to the highest good It has been taught, first master the senses, and
cast off desire, thy enemy: Now it may be asked; Where should one take ones
stand and cast off desire ? The answer follows: |
