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The secret to attain the 'Buddhi- Yoga'

 

Week 8, chapter 2- shlokas 52-65

 

Shloka 52 again makes me meditate more on the content. Just like a particular line of a song captures the attention and moves your soul…

“When you will give up attachment (moha) with your loved ones and this detachment seeps in your being…that is the moment when you attain the buddhi- yoga”. And as you attain the buddhi-yoga, this pure and deep self-knowledge will start flowing in your conscious and will make your heart free from all kinds of desires/ lusts (vasna)….in such a state, the desire to attain more knowledge or to reflect on previously acquired knowledge will no more be there. He continues to tell that the buddhi, which is corrupted by the sensory desires will attain calm and will enjoy the bliss of the union (yoga).

यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति |
तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च || 52||

yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣhyati
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śhrotavyasya śhrutasya cha

 

Thus, Krishna tells the secret to attain the balance of the mana and the buddhi.

However, many people mistake this particular teaching of giving up ‘moha’/attachment with their loved ones by being dry towards them. I would rather remind here about the persona of Shri Krishna—the deliverer of this divine knowledge, that he himself has never been a dry person. Those who know his story know very well that he has been the most playful, charming, and also the most misunderstood Incarnation that Indian mythology has ever known.

P.S. The shloka satisfies my appetite for the time being. Starting from shloka 54, where Arjuna asks his next question— about the “sthit- pragya” state and Krishna explains this state of being, which every seeker desire to attain while walking on the path of yoga, I would attempt my notes/understanding in the next article.

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