तां योगमिति मन्यन्ते
स्थिरामिन्द्रियधारणाम् ।
अप्रमत्तस्तदा भवति
योगोहि प्रभवाप्ययौ॥ 11
TAAM YOGAM ITI MANYANTE
STHIRAM INDRIYADHARANAM |
APRAMATTAH TADA BHAVTI
YOGOHI PRABHAVAPYAYAU ||11
IN TOGA THE SENSES ARE STEADY FIRMLY CONTROLLED ,THEN THE MIND IS FREE OF
ALL FLUCTUATIONS AS THE YAGA IS ACQUIRED AND LOST ||11
In this Shloka the Yama is telling us about the YOGA. The meaning of Yoga is union . So the SELF is not seen as we are engaged in sense perception and enjoyment. Sp when one starts having control of the senses ,then the fluctuation is mind may still be there. Let us say I decide not to eat ice-cream or not to go for the movie. I will still think about the taste of ice cream or about the movie ,it's story line or actors and actresses. This is because my mind KNOWS the taste of the ice cream or has seen the same actors doing a movie before. So even if the senses are kept under control, we may have wavering mind. But after practice and avoiding all the sense pleasing things ,over period of time one will have mind that becomes calm . I think Vivekanand had said mind is like water in a lake where there are impurities and when the water is stirred we cannot see the bottom of the lake . But when the water is calk then impurities settle down and we can see the bottom of the lake . The same way when the senses are under control over period of time, the mind becomes calm and we can have YOGA . But the last line is important. The YOGA comes and goes . This is due to our inability to keep the senses under control and have steady mind ALL THE TIME .So over period of time we have perfect Yoga at times and at time not so perfect Yoga.
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