Bhagavad Gita 2.66
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya
na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir
aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
“For the disconnected, wisdom just can’t last,
For the disconnected, moods change dangerously fast.
In a moody mind, peace is not to be found,
Lacking peace, happiness is just never around.”
My dear Lord, in this world, connection with you is something that is massively—even morbidly—devalued.
I tend to value connecting with things or people that are glamorized, so I can get a sense of power and prestige. But in seeking such connections, I frequently neglect—and sometimes downright reject—the most important connection of my life, which is with you.
When I am disconnected from you, I end up becoming disconnected from my intelligence—my capacity to focus on a worthwhile purpose while surrounded by many distractions and obligations. Without my intelligence guiding me, my mind is prone to be swept away by any stray desire or random emotion, and thus it can find no peace.
Even though I try to escape that lack of inner peace through feverish gratification of my senses, I actually experience no happiness at all—just a temporary relief that ends as soon as the gratification ends. And then the agitation returns in a more aggravated form.
Please, O Lord, let me trace back the cause of this lack of happiness, lack of peace, and lack of purpose to its original source—my disconnection from you, or more precisely, my devaluation of my connection with you.
I beg you, O Lord, let me prioritize that connection as the most important thing in my life and thereby always stay in your shelter as you fill my life with a divine purpose, a sublime peace, and ultimately, the supreme happiness.
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02.66 One who is not connected with the Supreme [in Kṛṣṇa consciousness] can have neither transcendental intelligence nor a steady mind, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace?
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