Verse-52
Chapter 2 — Sānkhya Yog
Verse 52
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
yadā te mohakalilam buddhirvyatitariṣyati
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca
🕉 English Translation
📜 Translation
English
When your intellect will cross with perfection the mire of delusion, then you will become indifferent to enjoyments which have been heard and are yet to be heard.
Delusion has been called swamp, mire, bog, by the deliverer of the Gita's sermon. It is a word which cautions as well as impels one to think. Who is that who causes the being to drown in worldliness. Sheer delusion! To turn the inner bent of mind towards God which is the greatest hurdle? It is the same delusion. On repeatedly being told, made to understand and being motivated the inner tendencies do not get uplifted just because it is sunk deep in the quagmire of delusion. With the attitude of 'mine and mine' the propensity becomes one with the worldliness so much so that one is unable to think otherwise. Worldly sense enjoyments become dear; these sensual objects become the centre of pleasure; for this reason hearing, seeing and thinking becomes restricted to these activities only.
The goal of life is left far behind. One is not even aware that one can attain through this life such a sublime goal! It is possible to attain the state of supreme bliss. A fathomless storehouse of energy can be experienced; but how is it possible? This delusion itself never allows the slightest thoughts to go in this direction! That is why it is absolutely essential to emerge out of this mire of delusion; because then only it will be possible to become indifferent to the worldly indulgences. Indifference is in no way a state to be scared of, whereas it is a state of becoming completely free from fear. In the absence of dispassion one is not mentally inclined towards devotional means and that is why the being gets confined to fleeting pleasure and pain; cannot take the flight to joy divine. It is imperative to understand the reality of this situation. Dispassion is the state of this awareness. This awareness is the distinguishing feature of human life. With this understanding the way towards supreme goal gets a boost.