Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.60
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.60 · 2 · Verse 60
Sanskrit Original
।।2.60।।आत्मदर्शनेन विना विषयरागो न निवर्तते अनिवृत्ते विषयरागे विपश्चितो यतमानस्य अपि पुरुषस्य इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि बलवन्ति मनः प्रसह्य हरन्ति। एवम् इन्द्रियजय आत्मदर्शनाधीन आत्मदर्शनम् इन्द्रियजयाधीनम् इति ज्ञाननिष्ठा दुष्प्राप्या।
2.60 Except by the experience of the self, the hankering for objects will not go away. When the hankering for the sense-objects does not go away, the senses of even a wise man, though he is ever striving to subdue them, become refractory, i.e., become violent and carry away perforce the mind. Thus, the subduing of the senses depends on the vision of the self, and the vision of the self depends on the subduing of the senses. Conseently, i.e., because of this mutual dependence, firm devotion to knowledge is difficult to achieve.