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deserves to practise 'bhakti' and self-
meditation. Living in a house or the jungle
does not make any difference to him. The
wise man feeds his senses with what they
need and does not allow the junk to come in.
Gita teaches us to be sthitaprajna
(ft-21--d-cg) 'firm in judgement, free from any
hallucination, contented'. Truly speaking a
sthitaprajna is one who has controlled his
senses, turned them from the wrong path to
the right one and directed them from the
course of pleasures to that of self-restraint.
His senses do not lean towards sin or
unrighteous and wrongful acts. Instead, he
directs the vigour of his senses to worshipping
God and doing the universal good. The world
has suffered on account of unsteady and
pleasure-seeking senses. The people, whose
senses are extrovert and seek pleasures
without discrimination, remain sick, worried,