Why does Rupa Goswami talk about vaco-vega and jihva-vega separately?
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So what does Krishna talk about? What does Rupa Goswami talk about? Controlling the tongue twice, once in Vacha Vigham and again in Juhua Vigham. So actually Vacha, it’s a function of the tongue but it is a speaking function of the tongue.
So it is moreover related to the speaking function and Juhua is related with the eating function. So our tongue does both these things and both can go under control. So he is referring to this twice because he is talking about the two different functions of the tongue.
So we need to regulate the speaking function and that’s why in the Purport to Vacha Vigham, Purport talks elaborately about Prajalva, how we should avoid gossip and things like that. But in the Juhua Vigham, he talks primarily about food. So actually none of our senses, other senses can go unregulated in two ways like that.
The eyes, there is only one way they can go unregulated, see only. But the tongue can go unregulated in both ways, in terms of speaking and in terms of eating. And both can cause significant amount of trouble in our spiritual life.
That’s why they are mentioned separately.