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Root cause of the problem

             Lord  Krishna  points  to  a  different  aspect  and  shows  us  the
             source for most of these problems. According to him, even a
             person who is wise (vipaścitaḥ puruṣaḥ) and has been able to
             constantly strive for a good mind control (yatataḥ) will face
             certain  challenges.  The  turbulent  senses  (pramāthīni
             indiriyāṇi) are so powerful that at times they snatch away the
             mind  (manaḥ  haranti)  of  even  such  a  person  with  force
             (prasabhaṃ).







             yatato hyāpi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ
             indiriyāni pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ

             What  we  infer  from  this  advice  of  Lord  Krishna  is  that  we
             experience mental stress when we lose mind control and act
             in a manner which may not appear appropriate. Further, one
             important  reason  for  losing  mind  control  is  succumbing  to
             powerful senses. Imagine riding on a set of five violent horses
             at the same time, whose control we do not have. Instead of
             reaching a  desired  destination we will only be tossed aside
             and eventually thrown out.

             Value of Sense Control

             If  you  dig  deep  into  why  we  react  violently  in  a  variety  of
             ways as mentioned earlier, we will invariably be able to trace
             it  to  active  and  uncontrolled  senses.  An  uncontrolled  sense
             starts  this  process  and  adds  fuel  to  the  fire  and  drags
             individuals  to  the  brink  of  animal  behavior.  Once  we  reach
             that state of mind we start shouting and doing other things
             which  are  unfitting  of  humans.  An  individual  with
             uncontrolled  senses  will  be  full  of  impulsive  reactions  to
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