Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 10
Guṇa-viveka, Haṁsa-gītā, and the Yoga that Cuts False Ego
श्रीभगवानुवाच अहमित्यन्यथाबुद्धि: प्रमत्तस्य यथा हृदि । उत्सर्पति रजो घोरं ततो वैकारिकं मन: ॥ ९ ॥ रजोयुक्तस्य मनस: सङ्कल्प: सविकल्पक: । तत: कामो गुणध्यानाद् दु:सह: स्याद्धि दुर्मते: ॥ १० ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca aham ity anyathā-buddhiḥ pramattasya yathā hṛdi utsarpati rajo ghoraṁ tato vaikārikaṁ manaḥ
ラジャスに染まった心は、さまざまな企てを立てては変え続ける。こうして自然のグナを思い巡らすほどに、愚かな者は耐えがたい欲望に苦しめられる。
Those who are trying to enjoy material sense gratification are not actually intelligent, although they consider themselves most intelligent. Although such foolish persons themselves criticize the miseries of material life in innumerable books, songs, newspapers, television programs, civic committees, etc., they cannot desist from material life for a single moment. The process by which one is helplessly bound in illusion is clearly described here.
FAQs
This verse explains that the mistaken “I” notion arises in the careless heart and becomes the seed from which passion and mental agitation expand.
Because once one misidentifies the self with the body-mind, passion for action, enjoyment, and possession naturally intensifies, disturbing the mind.
Notice and reduce identity-based reactions (“my status,” “my control”); cultivate humility and steady remembrance of the true self to calm passion-driven agitation.