February7 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.41 (Day 38) Sankhya Yoga

 

February 7 - Day 38

Verse 2.41

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन ।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयो ऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥ २-४१॥ 

vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana
bahu-śhākhā hyanantāśh cha buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām (2.41) 

வ்யவஸாயாத்¹மிகா¹ பு³த்³தி⁴ரேகே¹ஹ கு¹ருநந்த³ன |
ப³ஹுஶாகா² ஹ்யனன்தா¹ஶ்ச¹ புத்³த⁴யோ‌வ்யவஸாயினாம் ||41|| 

41. Here, O joy of the Kurus, there is a single one-pointed determination! Many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute. 

Commentary: Here, in this path to Bliss there is only one thought of a resolute nature; there is single-minded determination.  This single thought arises from the right source of knowledge.  The student of Yoga collects all the dissipated rays of the mind.  He gathers all of them through discrimation, dispassion and concentration.  He is free from wavering or vacillation of the mind.

The worldly-minded man who is sunk in the mire of Samsara has no single-minded determination. He entertains countless thoughts.  His mind is always unsteady and vacillating.

If thoughts cease, Samsara also ceases.  Mind generates endless throughts and this world comes into being. Thoughts, and names and forms are inseparable.  If the thoughts are controlled, the mind is controlled and the Yogi is liberated. 

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