Shloka : 189

सर्वेन्द्रियाणी जेयानि रसना तु विशेषत: ।

न द्रव्यसडग्रह: कार्य: कारणीयो न केनचित् ॥ 189 ॥

અને સર્વે જે ઇંદ્રિયો તે જીતવી, ને રસના ઇંદ્રિયને તો વિશેષ કરીને જીતવી; અને દ્રવ્યનો સંગ્રહ પોતે કરવો નહિ ને કોઈ બીજા પાસે પણ કરાવવો નહિ. ॥ 189 ॥

And a saint should conquer the desires of all the senses and particularly the desires of taste should be conquered; and he should neither hoard material possessions nor ask someone else to do it for him. || 189 ||

Commentary

The saint devotees of Shri Hari should conquer all the senses i.e. the senses of perception and the senses of action, and the mind; because restlessness and uncontrolled senses lead to bondage and controlled and focused senses lead towards liberation.

Among them the 'Rasna' i.e. tongue should be conquered specifically; because he who conquers the desires of taste, can conquer all the senses definitely; therefore the austere saints should make extra efforts like fasting etc. vows to conquer the tongue. To conquer the tastes of the tongue, they should be satisfied with the food or fruits which are just enough to support the body and which are available by God's grace at that time.

A wise Tyagi Sadhu should never be tempted by the objects of tongue like raw food, cooked food, lickable food or suckable food; which are of various tastes like sour, salty, spicy, sweet or oily, instead the objects which are enjoyed by the tongue should be considered as weakness. Thus, they should have food to support the respective bodies without enjoying the taste.

Moreover the saints should not keep new clothes, containers etc. with them which could be exchanged for money and they should not ask someone to keep such objects for them. Because material possessions are the root cause of gratification of desires of all the senses. Therefore, the contact of money or material possessions should be avoided just as the contact of women is avoided. A saint who desires wealth commitsthe sin of killing a Brahmin. If he touches it with desire (attachment) then he becomes 'Paushkas' and if he accepts it (with attachment) out of desire, then he accumulates the sin equivalent to committing suicide. Therefore, a saint should neither look at, nor touch or accept money or material possessions.

A saint who willingly indulges into the sexual act or hoards the material possesions, he definitely attains descent.