TEXT 16

Devanagari

मन:प्रसाद: सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रह: ।
भावसंश‍ुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥ १६ ॥

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Tekst

manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ
maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
bhāva-saṁśuddhir ity etat
tapo mānasam ucyate

Synonyms

manaḥ-prasādaḥ — satisfaction of the mind; saumyatvam — being without duplicity towards others; maunam — gravity; ātma — of the self; vinigrahaḥ — control; bhāva — of one’s nature; saṁśuddhiḥ — purification; iti — thus; etat — this; tapaḥ — austerity; mānasam — of the mind; ucyate — is said to be.

manaḥ-prasādaḥ — sindets tilfredshed; saumyatvam — uden dobbeltspil over for andre; maunam — alvor; ātma — af selvet; vinigrahaḥ — beherskelse; bhāva — af ens natur; saṁśuddhiḥ — renselse; iti — således; etat — dette; tapaḥ — askese; mānasam — sindets; ucyate — siges at være.

Translation

And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the mind.

Og tilfredshed, ligefremhed, alvor, selvbeherskelse og renselse af ens eksistens er sindets askese.

Purport

To make the mind austere is to detach it from sense gratification. It should be so trained that it can be always thinking of doing good for others. The best training for the mind is gravity in thought. One should not deviate from Kṛṣṇa consciousness and must always avoid sense gratification. To purify one’s nature is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Satisfaction of the mind can be obtained only by taking the mind away from thoughts of sense enjoyment. The more we think of sense enjoyment, the more the mind becomes dissatisfied. In the present age we unnecessarily engage the mind in so many different ways for sense gratification, and so there is no possibility of the mind’s becoming satisfied. The best course is to divert the mind to the Vedic literature, which is full of satisfying stories, as in the Purāṇas and the Mahābhārata. One can take advantage of this knowledge and thus become purified. The mind should be devoid of duplicity, and one should think of the welfare of all. Silence means that one is always thinking of self-realization. The person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness observes perfect silence in this sense. Control of the mind means detaching the mind from sense enjoyment. One should be straightforward in his dealings and thereby purify his existence. All these qualities together constitute austerity in mental activities.

FORKLARING: At gøre sindet asketisk vil sige at løsrive det fra sansenydelse. Sindet bør disciplineres på en sådan måde, at det altid kan tænke på at gøre godt for andre. Den bedste træning af sindet er tankens alvor. Man må ikke afvige fra Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed og skal altid undgå sansetilfredsstillelse. At rense sin natur vil sige at blive Kṛṣṇa-bevidst. Tilfredshed i sindet kan kun opnås ved at fjerne det fra tanker om sansenydelse. Jo mere vi tænker på sansenydelse, desto mere utilfreds bliver sindet. I den nuværende tidsalder beskæftiger vi unødigt sindet med alle mulige former for sansenydelse, og derfor er det helt umuligt for sindet at blive tilfreds. Det bedste er at rette sindet mod den vediske litteratur, der er fuld af tilfredsstillende beretninger som i Purāṇaerne og Mahābhārata. Man kan drage nytte af kundskaben deri og på den måde blive renset. Sindet skal være uden falskhed, og man bør tænke på alles velfærd. Tavshed vil sige, at man altid tænker på selverkendelse. I den forstand forholder en Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person sig altid fuldkommen tavs. At beherske sindet vil sige at trække det væk fra sansenydelse. Man skal være ligefrem i sin adfærd og således rense sin eksistens. Tilsammen udgør alle disse egenskaber askese i sindets aktiviteter.