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A person who is in control of his senses is firmly in control of his mind and emotions. Only such a person is truly awake!
या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।
यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः
॥ २-६९॥
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti
saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā
niśā paśyato muneḥ
The self-controlled man lies awake in
that which is night to all beings. That
in which all beings are awake is the
night for the sage who sees
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Wake up!
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी
॥ २=७०॥
āpūryamāṇ amacala-pratiṣṭhaṁ
samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvatkāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa
śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī
Just as all waters enter the ocean, he
attains peace into whom all desires
enter, which when filled from all
sides, remains unmoved; not the
desirer of desires
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The “Muni”, one who is still, in silence, is one who is in total control of his senses.
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति
॥ २-७१॥
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvān pumāṁścarati
niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa
śāntimadhigacchati
The man who moves about
abandoning all desires, without
longing, without the sense of I and
mine, attains peac
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Such a person who is self-aware is fully awake even when he is asleep.
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।
स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति
॥ २=७२ ॥
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya
vimuhyati thitvāsyāmantakāle'pi
brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati
O Pārtha, this is the state of Brahman,
Brāhmī-sthiti; none is deluded after
attaining this. Even at the end of life,
one attains Brahmanirvāṇa, oneness
with Brahman when established in this
state
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A person steeped in yoga is complete in reality and is liberated