श्रेयश्च प्रेयश्च मनुष्यमेतः
तौसम्परीत्य विविनक्ति धीरः ।
श्रेयोहि धीरोऽभि प्रेयसोवृणीते
प्रेयोमन्दोयोगक्षेमाद्वृणीते ॥ २
SHREYACHYA PREYACHYA MANUSHYM ETAH
STAU SAMPARITYA VIVINAKTI DHIRAH |
SHREYOHI DHIROPREYASO VRUNITE
PREYO MANDO YOGAKSHEMAT VRUNITE ||2
GOOD AND PLEASANT ARE THE CHOICES FOR THE MAN. THE INTELLIGENT MAN
AFTER EXAMINING AND DISTINGUISHING THEM CHOOSES THE GOOD , THE
IGNORANT MAN CHOOSES PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF THE BODY||2
This is one of the Shlokas which is stressing the same principle. It may feel that we are repeating the same thing over and over again. But the reason is that the student of this scriptures must know the difference. There are 2 choices for everyone at every step of the life. All of us can tell an examples of theses situations where one has to select what is good. The examination is approaching and we have a choice of going for a party or study . The part gives sens pleasures and studying is not pleasant for sense organs where one has to wake up early and do the study.It may be a diet control of not eating surgery, sweet or fried food and eat Satwik food , so that the health is better . But the bland vegetables may not give sense pleasure as the ice cream or fried pakodas do . The same can be said about waking up in the morning and doing meditation or sleeping late till 8 am
The problem with all these situations is that most of us KNOW what is better but tend to select what is better for senses rather than what is GOOD. This is a constant fight between the physical body and the mind and the intellect.Some one compared this to the strong big elephant and the little Mahut one who is suppose to control the Elephant. The elephant is strong and can go any place it wants and the Mahut can not control it . The Mahut can control the elephant with training of the elephant and not by strength.The physical body is like elephant and it has to be trained . We with out inelegance decide that we will wake up at 4 am and do meditation . But the body like elephant may not cooperate and the mind or intellect can not do anything unless the mind is trained .
So we are told that man must select what is GOOD and not what is PLEASANT to body on short run as the pleasure is short lived and mortal while the good is everlasting and immortal.
तौसम्परीत्य विविनक्ति धीरः ।
श्रेयोहि धीरोऽभि प्रेयसोवृणीते
प्रेयोमन्दोयोगक्षेमाद्वृणीते ॥ २
SHREYACHYA PREYACHYA MANUSHYM ETAH
STAU SAMPARITYA VIVINAKTI DHIRAH |
SHREYOHI DHIROPREYASO VRUNITE
PREYO MANDO YOGAKSHEMAT VRUNITE ||2
GOOD AND PLEASANT ARE THE CHOICES FOR THE MAN. THE INTELLIGENT MAN
AFTER EXAMINING AND DISTINGUISHING THEM CHOOSES THE GOOD , THE
IGNORANT MAN CHOOSES PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF THE BODY||2
This is one of the Shlokas which is stressing the same principle. It may feel that we are repeating the same thing over and over again. But the reason is that the student of this scriptures must know the difference. There are 2 choices for everyone at every step of the life. All of us can tell an examples of theses situations where one has to select what is good. The examination is approaching and we have a choice of going for a party or study . The part gives sens pleasures and studying is not pleasant for sense organs where one has to wake up early and do the study.It may be a diet control of not eating surgery, sweet or fried food and eat Satwik food , so that the health is better . But the bland vegetables may not give sense pleasure as the ice cream or fried pakodas do . The same can be said about waking up in the morning and doing meditation or sleeping late till 8 am
The problem with all these situations is that most of us KNOW what is better but tend to select what is better for senses rather than what is GOOD. This is a constant fight between the physical body and the mind and the intellect.Some one compared this to the strong big elephant and the little Mahut one who is suppose to control the Elephant. The elephant is strong and can go any place it wants and the Mahut can not control it . The Mahut can control the elephant with training of the elephant and not by strength.The physical body is like elephant and it has to be trained . We with out inelegance decide that we will wake up at 4 am and do meditation . But the body like elephant may not cooperate and the mind or intellect can not do anything unless the mind is trained .
So we are told that man must select what is GOOD and not what is PLEASANT to body on short run as the pleasure is short lived and mortal while the good is everlasting and immortal.
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