Verse-6
Chapter 3 — Karma Yoga
Verse 6
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
karmendriyāṇi saṁyamya ya āste manasā smaran
indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate
🕉 English Translation
📜 Translation
English
The dull-minded person who externally and adamantly restrains organs of action, but dwells on and remembers the sensual objects with his mind, he is called deluded and a man of arrogance.
It is a good state when the senses are under control. That the sense be restrained for this, the Lord has motivated time and again. But here the issue is to control the senses forcefully. One of the reasons for this could be that the mind has not reached that state but we wish to show outwardly that it has. Inside the mind, the thought of the food being delicious and tasty, creates a desire for it. But apparently we would like to show that we are without temptation for it. Similar is the case with other senses.
The mind is occupied with the thoughts of the sensual objects. Just the outward show of not being tempted is maintained. The Blessed Lord says that such persons are not seekers but ostentatious persons; have falsity in their conduct. This is one amongst the sharpest warnings of the Gita. The Blessed Lord does not desire that anywhere, due to any reason, in any manner the seeker should become deluded or he may become prey to some error which may cause his downfall. Here, you can observe the extremely vigilant view of the deliverer of the Gita's sermon towards the subtleties of the path of devotion and self-elevation. Give thought to this and examine yourself too. Inside there is something and outside if it is shown as something else. This is hypocrisy, falsity, untruth, apparently useless conduct. Beware of this.