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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 26
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् (अध्याय ३ - श्लोक ४३)
ஜஹி ஶத்ரும் மஹாபாஹோ காமரூபம் துராஸதம்... (அத்யாயம் 3 - ஶ்லோகம் 43)
Jahi Shathrum Mahaabaaho Kaamaroopam DhuraaSadham. (Chapter 3 - Shlokam 43)
Meaning : Destroy Kaama or Desire, the Unsiezable Foe.
Desire is a foe, because it diverts the focus from wherever it is engaged. It is a foe because it causes downfall from the ascending path of Work, Achievement, a fuller Life to a descending path of scattered mind, inefficient work, and lustful life.
It is not a simple foe. It is a tough foe, unassailable, a very difficult foe to win over, Desire can neither be won over by forcibly suppressing it nor by feeding the mind with desired object. Suppression causes restlessness. The stronger the suppression, the more intense the desire grows. Feeding the desire on the other hand, though satisfying momentarily, invariably ignites greed for more feeds. Feeding a desire is like feeding fire with Ghee. Ghee does not put off the fire but aggravates it.
More and more feeds in an effort to satiate the desire leads to a state of intoxication and addiction. In extreme cases, the mind refuses to engage in anything else but the act of satiating the desire.
Desirelessness is the solution. There have been many experiments in quest of a desireless mind. But, each of these ways demands rigorous PRACTICE. (I did not say Continuous ... because Practice inherently goes with consistency.) Each one of us has to find the way that suits most.
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