TEXT 26

Devanagari

यतो यतो निश्चलति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् ।
ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥ २६ ॥

Text

Tekst

yato yato niścalati
manaś cañcalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet

Synonyms

yataḥ yataḥ — wherever; niścalati — becomes verily agitated; manaḥ — the mind; cañcalam — flickering; asthiram — unsteady; tataḥ tataḥ — from there; niyamya — regulating; etat — this; ātmani — in the Self; eva — certainly; vaśam — control; nayet — must bring under.

yataḥ yataḥ — hvor end; niścalati — bliver afgjort ophidset; manaḥ — sindet; cañcalam — flakkende; asthiram — ustadigt; tataḥ tataḥ — derfra; niyamya — efter at have reguleret; etat — dette; ātmani — i selvet; eva — afgjort; vaśam — kontrol; nayet — må bringe under.

Translation

From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.

Fra hvorend sindet vandrer hen på grund af sin flakkende og ustadige natur, må man afgjort trække det tilbage og igen bringe det under selvets kontrol.

Purport

The nature of the mind is flickering and unsteady. But a self-realized yogī has to control the mind; the mind should not control him. One who controls the mind (and therefore the senses as well) is called gosvāmī, or svāmī, and one who is controlled by the mind is called go-dāsa, or the servant of the senses. A gosvāmī knows the standard of sense happiness. In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hṛṣīkeśa, or the supreme owner of the senses – Kṛṣṇa. Serving Kṛṣṇa with purified senses is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the way of bringing the senses under full control. What is more, that is the highest perfection of yoga practice.

FORKLARING: Sindet er flakkende og ustadigt. Men en selvrealiseret yogī er nødt til at have kontrol over sindet. Sindet må ikke styre ham. Den, der behersker sindet (og dermed sanserne), kaldes gosvāmī eller svāmī, og den, der styres af sindet, kaldes go-dāsa eller sansernes tjener. En gosvāmī ved, hvad standarden af sanselig glæde er. I transcendental sanselykke er sanserne engagerede i Hṛṣīkeśa, sansernes højeste ejer, Kṛṣṇas, tjeneste. At tjene Kṛṣṇa med rensede sanser kaldes Kṛṣṇa- bevidsthed. Det er vejen til at få sanserne under fuld kontrol. Hvad mere er, er det den højeste fuldkommenhed i yoga-udøvelse.