संतुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥१२- १४॥
SantushhTaH satataM yogi yataatmaa dhR^idanishchayaH
Mayyaarpita manO buddhir yo mat bhaktaH sa me priyaH
SantushhTaH – content : SatataM – always : Yataatma – self controlled : DhR^ida nishchayaH – firm in conviction : Mayi – in me : Arpita – dedicated : ManO buddhiH – mind and intellect : Yo bhaktaH – that devotee : Mat – of mine : Sa me priyaH – is dear to Me :
SantushtaH- means contented. The richest man is one who is happiest. A saint lived who never used to accumulate anything and he used to give away everything he got everyday and kept nothing when he went to sleep at the end of each day. One day he had a balance of 1 paise left. He wondered whom to give. He came to know that his king was going to attack the neighbouring kingdom. He went to the king and said,” I want to donate this 1 paisa to you. Since you are not happy you are attacking and therefore you are poorer than I.
One who is contented will always by happy. What is contentment? That state, when by adding something, it cannot be increased and by taking something away it cannot be decreased. For eg., An ocean will not dry up even if take 1000s of barrels from it and it will not increase if we pour barrels of water into it. So contented life is one where the Lord is experienced and a person who is contented cannot be bought or tempted by anyone. How to avoid this temptation? In chapter 3, Arjuna asked the lord, “What is it that leads a man to sin?”. The Lord replied,
Kaama yeshha krodha yesha rajO guNa samudbhavaH
Mahaashano mahaapaapmaa viddyenaM iha vairiiNaM
As long as we have desires, we declare ourselves as beggars and as long as the desire stays, there is no peace of mind. Because of desires, we go in the wrong path. The more we try to fulfill, the desire grows more and more. Therefore we need to learn being contented. Initially, desires lead our life to some extent. For eg., newly weds, initially while setting up the house, buy a lot of things to decorate. They go to different places, see a wall hanging, see nice objects and think this will look nice in the house and buy it. Later on when their child is born and is growing up, they do not care for buying any new things. When they see a nice object, they think, let it be there, it will be safe. If we buy it for the house it will only break.
SantushhTaH satataM yogi. What is Yogah – It is a means to God. The first chapter of the giita is called “arjuna vishaada yogaH”. How can tragedy be yogaH? Tragedy becomes Yogah when, because of it, we are drawn towards the Lord. If tragedy causes sorrow, it becomes Roga or disease. A yogi is one who makes every act take Him towards the Lord. However people may speak to us, if we are calm, then we will not be perturbed. Thus a yogi is one who never deviates from the Lord.
Now, who can do this? A yataatma. Yatatma means selfcontrolled. That is the greatest Sadhana. Even if the world is on fire, be peaceful at mind. Only if the mind is peaceful, we can go and try to solve the problem. No one can justify being miserable. Those people blessed with diseases from childhood, become so used to it that they can never be peaceful without problems. However those who are healthy can’t tolerate even smallest pain. Even if they get a light fever, they will make such a fuss as though, before them, no one has ever been sick in this world.
Every person is self-sufficient as far as misery is concerned. Misery is there everywhere in this world. 
There is no one who will tell, “I have less misery, so please give me some”. Therefore, why should we add to their miseries by telling about our problems and worries? If we tell about our problems 50 times, the misery will multiply 50 times. If I keep saying that my leg is hurting, again and again, even if it was not hurting before, it will start hurting. So Yatatma means one who is always happy.
Dhridanischaya – Once decided, nobody can force or change it. Only if we have such an attitude, we will be able to achieve our Sadhana. But we are affected by everything. For eg, we make a resolution that we should never get angry. Once a person went to Haridwar. It is said that everyone should leave something in Hardwar. So he decided to leave his anger there. When he returned, his grandchildren asked him, “Grandpa, they say everyone should leave something in Hardwar. What did you leave?. He replied, “I left my anger there.” They said, “What? Tell us again. What did you leave?” He replied, “I said, I left my anger there”. They said, “Grandpa, we cannot believe that you really left your anger.”. He shouted, “Then what? Am I lying to you?”. When we keep doing something, it becomes a habit with us to such an extent that we do not realise that we are wrong.
Some sadhanas that we can practice are:
The first Sadhana is eat 3 times a day, little by little. Lord Krishna says in the sixth chapter, “yuktaahaaravihaarasya, yukta karmasya chetasu”. SO one should never say, “I will eat only once a day, because then you will end up compensating for the previous 24 hours because you have not eaten and the next 24 hours because you will not be eating. If the stomach is full then no work can be done and if one is hungry, again no work also can be done. So that food which should have gone to the stomach goes to the brain and we will always be thinking of food. When people fast too much they become irritable. Then, when the mother is fasting, the father has to warn the kids, “Be quiet today is a “fast” day, otherwise there will be a volcano in the house”.
Secondly, when we make a resolution and then we have the determination to follow it, then we respect our will power. Suppose we make the resolution that, “I will get up at 6 am in the morning” When we wake up at 6, we think, what have I lost by not getting up early and go back to sleep. We sleep till 8 am and then feel very bad that we were not able keep the resolution. In the process we lose respect for ourselves. When we do not have respect for ourselves, how will others have respect? If we respect and follow our resolutions with determination, we feel self-respect and hence we get self-confidence. Self-confidence leads to confidence in the Lord since self and the Lord are not different.
Mayyarpita Mano Budhi means one who has offered the mind and intellect to the Lord. What this means is an end to all our worrying or Pareshaani. The easy way to remove worries is steadfast faith on God. The only reality is the Lord and he is the only one who is close to us. When people say “Without you, I can’t live”, this is not to be taken seriously because our only relative in this world is God. Bharata was very clear. When Lord Rama was sent to the forest, he declared that his first relative is the Lord and only then were his parents. If this is clear to us, then there are no worries. More worried we are, less our faith. Irony is those who call themselves the greatest devotees are the most worried.Two characteristics of the devotees are: Never worry – because at worst, we’ll die and this cinema will come to an end. There is nothing more ironic than death. The person who dies does the work and others cry and while he lies and watches!
When a person cries all the time, then his crying has no value. Many times kids cry unnecessarily. So the parents ignore and say, “let him cry, it is good exercise for the lungs”. So too, if we complain always, God will also ignore. So we should also remember that only that person who has no worries and no complaints is dear to the Lord.
