Poetry on mind - part 2

Normally a doubt arises in people (scholarly as well as others) as how this guy (me), without being yoked with knowledge (or yet to master the language or any of the sastras) is able to bring forth verses in Sanskrit. I also have the same! I am unable to boldly say to the world that I only wrote them! 😊

What can I do? I express the same to Krishna! Please yoke me with knowledge soon!

हे कृष्ण! विद्ययाऽनूढा मतिः कुन्तीयते हि मे ।

कर्णायन्ते च पद्यानि दैवजातानि मय्यहो ।। 11 ।।

Hey Krishna! My mind is like Kunti as it is yet to be yoked (married) with knowledge. Alas! The verses that are born in me by divine intervention are indeed like Karnas!

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The Sun goes in a chariot driven by seven horses to take the world out of tamas (darkness) daily. But my mind which is also in a chariot driven by five unrestrained horses (sense organs) wins over the Sun always (by pushing me in to tamas i.e ignorance)

यतसे सूर्य! सप्ताश्वैः नेतुं मां तमसो बहिः ।

अयतपञ्चभिर्हन्त सदा जयति मे मनः ।। 12 ।।

Hey Sun! You try to lead me out of darkness with seven horses. Alas! my mind always succeeds with (only) five unrestrained horses!

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गंगादीनां प्रवाहोऽपि नैव सर्वैस्तु पीयते ।

किमल्पसरितां हन्त वहन्नेधस्व मे मनः ।। 13 ।।

Even the waters of Ganges (Valmiki etc) and the like are not tasted by everyone! What needs to be said about small canals (like yours)? Just keep flowing and grow! (Someone will drink sometime)!

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Can bhakti arise in my mind, which is so dry and empty of good bhavas? ie it lacks right conditions! Well! looking at the growth of a sprout on a dry and rough terrain like a rock, it does seem possible, may be when the right time arrives!

दृष्ट्वोद्भिज्जं पाषाणेऽहो सद्यो जातो विश्वासो मे ।

शुष्के चित्ते भक्त्याः जन्म शक्यं नूनं काले काले ।। 14 ।।

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Sometimes (or most of the times) our mind and stomach accept whatever is fed. What is the difference? Stomach pushes out that is not digested. Mind does not push even that is digested (that has become old)! and creates problems sometimes.

कुक्षिणा मनसा चापि स्वीक्रियते यदर्पितम् ।

आद्यो वमत्यजीर्णं तु जीर्णमप्यपरो न वै ।। 15 ।।

जीर्णम् means what is digested as well an old thing!

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There is always a tussle between the heart and mind! Both physically and otherwise. When the mind is agitated, heart is affected. The heart is intuitive but the mind is impulsive! This one is a poem addressed to the heart!

स्पन्दनेन सुहृत् मे हृत् सूचयसि हितं सदा ।

अपनीतोऽस्मि चित्तेन स्वैरिणा हन्त वैरिणा ।। 16 ।।

स्पन्दनेन by throbbing or beating सुहृत् friend! मे my हृत् heart! सूचयसि you indicate हितं the good सदा always अपनीतोस्मि I am drawn away चित्तेन by the mind स्वैरिणा by the independent हन्त alas वैरिणा by the enemy!

Heart! My friend! You keep indicating the good always by your throbbing but I am drawn away by that enemy, my mind, which acts independently!

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A comparison between my mind and ocean! Both are unfathomable , turbid etc. Above all both seem to be pure (white) at the outset or on the surface! (Froth of the ocean and seeming goodness in public)

तव च मम चित्तस्य समुद्र! समताऽस्ति वै ।

आमूलगतकालुष्ये कपटफेनता तटे ।। 17 ।।

तव your च and मम चित्तस्य my mind समुद्र ocean! समता similarity अस्ति is वै indeed आमूलगत in the deep कालुष्य turbidity कपट deceitful फेणता whiteness or purity तटे near the shore / superficially

Ocean! You and my mind are same. We both are turbid in the deep but seem to be showing whiteness at the shore superficially!

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If that one was to show similarity, in this one my mind is shown to surpass the ocean even! The ocean has many waves but all of them head in one direction! towards the shore. Alas in my mind!

तटमात्रोन्मुखास्ते वै कल्लोलाः हन्त सागर! ।

चित्ते मे भीकरेऽगाधे चिन्तास्तु विश्वतोमुखाः ।। 18 ।।

तटमात्र only shore उन्मुखाः facing ते your वै indeed कल्लोलाः waves हन्त alas सागर ocean! चित्ते मे in my mind भीकरे dangerous अगाधे deep चिन्ताः thought waves तु but विश्वतोमुखाः proceeding in all directions!

Ocean! Your waves are indeed proceeding in one direction, towards the shore! Alas! in my mind, deep and dangerous, thought waves are proceeding in all directions!

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When we are young, our minds are fresh and pure (unpolluted). It is like a beautiful garden! When we approach youth, it begins to get corrupted! It develops in to a dense jungle! Alas! How is this?

अस्ति शैशवबाल्ये तु नूनमुद्यानवन्मनः ।

याते तु यौवने किन्तु कथमहो वनायते ।। 19 ।।

अस्ति is शैशव infancy बाल्ये and childhood नूनम् indeed उद्यानवत् like a garden मनः mind याते when attained यौवने youth किन्तु but कथमहो how alas! वनायते it becomes a forest

During infancy and childhood, the mind is very pleasant like a garden. As soon as youth is attained, alas! It becomes a dense forest! How come?

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Sastras state that the mind is subtle (small and not perceivable). If that is the case it is a matter of surprise that the dirt in it exceeds very much the dirt in the body, which is gross! How is it?

सूक्ष्मं चित्तं तथापीह तन्मला अतिशेरते ।

देहस्थान् बहुशो हन्त नूनमेतत्तु विस्मयः ।। 20 ।।

सूक्ष्मं subtle चित्तं mind तथापीह even then here तन्मलाः the dirt in it अतिशेरते exceeds देहस्थान् that of the body बहुशः many times हन्त alas नूनम् indeed एतत्तु this is विस्मयः surprising

It is indeed surprising that the dirt of the mind, which is subtle, far exceeds the amount of dirt in the body, which is gross.