अर्जुन उवाच योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन । एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥ ६.३३ ॥ चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् । तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥ ६.३४ ॥ हे मधुसूदन! आपने समता-पूर्वक जो यह योग कहा है, मनकी चंचलता के कारण मैं इस योगकी स्थिर स्थिति नहीं देखता हूँ । कारण कि मन बड़ा ही चंचल, प्रमथनशील, दृढ (जिद्दि) और बलवान् है । उसको रोकना मैं (आकाश में स्थित) वायुकी तरह अत्यन्त कठिन मानता हूँ । (६.३३-३४) This YOGA of Equanimity, taught by Thee, O slayer of Madhu, I see not its enduring continuity, because of the restlessness (of the mind). The mind verily is, O Kṛṣṇa, restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding; I deem it quite as difficult to control as the wind. (6.33-34) “DETACHMENT FROM PAIN-ATTACHMENTS” (duḥkha-saṁyoga-viyoga) was the definition of ‘Yoga’ that Kṛṣṇa provided in this chapter. The process of achieving success in this ‘detachment-Yoga’ has also been explained earlier. The goal pointed out – perfect equanimity in all conditions, challenges and circumstances of life – is an admirable gain, but to Arjuna the technique seems to be sheer poetic fantasy, with no roots in the soil of the actualities of life. He tauntingly points out: “THIS YOGA WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN TEACHING ME, WITH SUCH MENTAL TRANQUILITY, IS NOT AT ALL PRACTICABLE”. Arjuna gives all his arguments, to show why the state of evenness of mind would remain only a dream, as long as the human mind was, by its very nature, ‘restless’ in its own agitations. In his acute awareness, Arjuna realises deep within himself, his own subjective experience that a mind cannot be stilled – “as it is ever TURBULENT, STRONG AND UNYIELDING”. Mind in turbulence, is no doubt, difficult to arrest, when it gets strongly rivetted, it is difficult to pluck it away from its attachments. When the mind has flown into any new channel of its own choice, for the moment, it is ‘unyielding’. The strength and vigour, the vivacity and treachery, the penetrativeness and all-pervasiveness of the mind cannot be better expressed than by the simile given here ‘AS THE WIND’. In raising this question, Arjuna is asking Kṛṣṇa for some practical tips by which he can gain perfect control over the stormy nature of ‘the unyielding, strong, turbulent and restless mind’. Now, Accepting the arguments of Arjuna, the Lord answers that there is a method by which the mind can be brought under control. Q. What is the method prescribed by Srī Kṛṣṇa?
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