Chapter 3 verse 41
“Therefore, O best of the
Bharatas, controlling first the senses, kill this sinful thing, the destroyer
of knowledge and wisdom”
Arjuna is no ordinary person. For
current context, he would be equivalent to a very able corporate world CEO with
many business achievements to his credit or well revered world political leader
who has many admirers and followers in his own right. Arjuna wants clarity on
what makes a person to be deluded with expectations from actions. His
contemplative and enquiring mind prepares him to get engagement on this
question from Lord Krishna. Krishna has explained in last several verses that ‘desire’
is the root cause which destroys both knowledge (Nyanam) and wisdom (applied
knowledge/experience or Vignyanam). Wisdom is the experiential knowledge and by
clinging on to senses, mind and body complex through desires/expectations, a
person is rendered rudderless in spite of inherent knowledge.
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