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beastliness. The sense of genuine discretion
protects the man against internal conflicts,
confusions, tensions, pressures and worries.
A guilt in the intellect sets in motion the all
round decline of the man. A guilty intellect
spells doom for the man. A man's intellect
suffers degradation from bad company,
selfishness, greed, anger, egoism, and life-
style of vices. Gita has suggested good
company, self-reflection, worshipping and
praying, bhakti, service etc. as the means to
preserve the virtuous, sincere and religious
character of the intellect.
Gita has laid stress on satvik (pure and
good) food. Our sages and saints have shown
particular awareness about food and
devotional song. Food, in a way, is foundation
of body and thoughts. If our food is impure,
our body, mind, thought will degenerate
accordingly. If our food is pure and good, our