Gita 18.61 – Give control to Krishna to gain control of the mind

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HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI HINDI which is made of material nature and he is the Ishwara of not just the living entities, he is the Ishwara of nature also and that’s how he controls and he guides the wandering of all the living beings. Now the key to understand this verse is to recognize the relationship between divine direction and human discretion.
Discretion here in this context refers to our capacity to choose what we would like to do. Now Krishna guides us according to what we desire. When he calls us to wander that does not mean that it is he who takes away our free will and makes us wander.
Rather when we desire to wander, when we desire to advance in some object or other sense object in the hope of pleasure, then Krishna guides us accordingly so that we can seek that sense object. So actually speaking we as souls are nothing to do with matter. So we won’t even know how to operate a material body and how to connect the senses of one material body with the sense objects and then seek some pleasure through that.
All that knowledge comes through Krishna whose presence is a soul in the heart. Now when we chant the holy names, we are actually praying to Krishna to give us guidance to engage in his service. We recognize that Krishna I am your servant.
I am I can serve you is by dovetailing whatever nature I have at a bodily mental level in your service. So that’s why this verse says that actually we wander on the machine of Maya. But within the framework within the context of the machine of Maya that we have, we can still surrender.
And that’s why the next verse will say, tam eva sharanam laksh sarvabhavena bharata tat prasadat param shantin sthanam krap sisi shashvatam tam eva sharanam laksh Surrender unto that Supreme Lord. That Ishwara. And by that one will attain the supreme destination.
The supreme peace and the supreme destination. So when we are trying to chant the holy names and when we find our mind not seeking rest in Krishna but rather seeking stimulation in worldly objects. Then you can pray to Krishna.
Krishna you are the controller of nature. You are the controller even of the mind. I am trying to control according to my capacity.
But ultimately I can’t. As an expression of my devotion to you, as an expression of my determination to try to carry out your instruction, I will keep trying to control my mind. But please Krishna, I want to serve you.
And I want to serve you by absorbing my consciousness in you. So please let me, let my heart find rest in you. Iti mati pakalpita vi Krishna.
As Krishna said on the last day of his life, let me absorb my consciousness in you. Similarly, my dear Lord, I desire that let my consciousness get absorbed in you. When we acknowledge Krishna’s supreme controllership and when we utilize our finite controllership in the service of the infinite control of the supreme controllership of the infinite one, then the magnitude of our controllership expands.
Paradoxical, isn’t it? That actually, as long as we think we are the controllers of the world, we can’t control even our own mind. But once we acknowledge Krishna as the controller of the world and harmonize our limited controllership with him, that means Krishna, whatever resources I have, whatever abilities I have, I will use that to do your will. I will use that to serve you.
Then, actually, we become focused with our capacity to control expands because that disposition to serve takes away much of the passion of the mind. It de-energizes the mind and thereby, and actually this happens not just by our endeavor, but also Krishna’s work. Krishna becomes pleased and he uses his omnipotence to control our mind.
And that’s how we become free from the deadly delusions that bind all living beings in this world.