(5) Devotion to the Lord
Wherefore,
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ६१ ॥
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ .
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā .. 61 ..
Restraining them all, a man should remain steadfast, intent on Me. His knowledge is steady whose senses are under control.
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He should bring the senses under control and sit calm and intent on Me, Vāsudeva, the Innermost Self of all; i.e., he should sit thinking ‘I am no other than He.’ The knowledge of that devotee is steady who, thus seated, has by practice brought the senses under his own control.
Thought of sense-objects is the source of evil.
Now the Lord proceeds to point out the source of all evil in the case of the unsuccessful :