Chapter 2, Verse 61
tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya
yukta āsīta matparaḥ
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Having brought all the senses under control, he must sit firmly in yoga, wholly given up to Me; he whose senses are mastered, his intelligence is firmly established (in its proper seat).
“Having brought all the senses under control, he must sit firmly in yoga, wholly given up to Me.” Here Lord Krishna says, “Fully concentrating on Me, ‘he whose senses are mastered, his intelligence is firmly established.’” One has to sit in yoga, in meditation. Giving oneself fully unto Him, with a controlled mind, with a mind which is not distracted, the sadhak has to concentrate on his spiritual growth. He has to go deeper, seeking God-Realisation, seeking the Grace of God, seeking to attain Him. This must be his aim. Here Lord Krishna says that one has to first completely surrender and control the senses. After subduing the senses, if the mind is also brought under control, one must sit in silence and dive within one’s own Self to find Him. Krishna says, “Then one is ‘given up to Me!’ The Self of all the selves is only Me. I am the One who is seated in all the bhaktas, in every human heart.” A sadhak, a devotee, should find the Divine, should find the Guru within his own Self. That will make one fully realised. But if the mind is scattered all around during your daily activities, then even while you sit for meditation, it will be dancing around. That is why whenever you tell people to meditate, they find it very difficult. And this is why japa is important.
When you start chanting the Name of God, you train yourself to control your mind, your heart, and your senses. “Having brought all the senses under control,” having renounced all attachment, all-desires, and controlling the mind, the intellect should focus on Krishna, on God. For a bhakta, for someone who is really longing for God, the mind should not be on anything else; it should dwell on the Master, and God.
Bhagavad Gita
