Bhagavad Gita 28: Verses 2.62—2.66: Eight Steps to Spiritual Destruction & the Need for Restraint

A study of the Bhagavad Gita verse-by-verse. In this class, we study verses 2.62 - 2.66. In these verses, Bhagavan teaches how a person who dwells upon sense objects ends up in Spiritual Destruction in eight steps. And therefore, Bhagavan emphasizes the need for Mental and Sensory Restraint. A person equipped with Mental and Sensory restraint, on the other hand, has a mind that is free of Worry, Anxiety, Restlessness, and Preoccupation, and is also free of Conflicts and Stress. Such a mind is tranquil and able to focus, gain Self-Knowledge, and assimilate the Knowledge. On the other hand, a person without Sensory and Mental restraint can never gain this knowledge, much less contemplate, and peace and happiness always remain elusive for him. Timeline 0:00 - Guru Vandanam 2:04 - Gita Dhyanam 5:35 - Recap 19:53 - Verse 2.62 and Verse 2.63 ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते । सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥ २-६२॥ क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥ २-६३॥ 52:40 - Verse 2.64 रागद्वेषविमुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् । (रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु) आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥ २-६४॥ 1:08:40 - Verse 2.65 प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते । प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥ २-६५॥ 1:19:57 - Verse 2.66 नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना । न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥ २-६६॥ Satyan Chidambaran is a full-time student of Vedanta and Sanskrit. He has been studying Vedanta under his Guru, Śrī Swami Paramarthananda ji, since 2003. A graduate of IIT Madras in Computer Science and a post-graduate from the University of Michigan, Satyan served at a global software firm in various technical leadership roles for 26 years before leaving the industry in 2019 to pursue his Vedanta and Sanskrit studies full-time. @Advaita-Drishti advaitadrishti.org © 2024 Advaita Drishti. All rights reserved. #advaitavedanta #upanishads #vedanta #advaita