Bhagavad Gita 2.41

vyavasāyātmikā buddhir

ekeha kuru-nandana

bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca

buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām

 

“A resolute soul is calm and strong,

Staying steady on purpose lifelong.

But the unsteady have thoughts that divide,

Getting scattered randomly far and wide.”

 

My dear Lord, there are hundreds of desires that get triggered inside me due to the many tempting objects I encounter in the outer world.

If I let myself be driven by such desires, I end up forever chasing things that are not truly important for me, that do not bring substantial satisfaction, and that often lack deeper meaning. These superficial desires, though seemingly urgent, ultimately make my life feel meaningless.

In contrast to these superficial desires, my deeper desires—those you have placed at the core of my being—are the ones that truly matter. Yet, I cannot even hear these deeper desires as long as my consciousness is filled with the noise of superficial cravings. I beg you, my Lord, please bless me so that my deeper desires become strengthened and my superficial desires become weakened, so that I may actually come closer to you—not by denying my desires, but by discovering the desires that are truly mine.

Indeed, you have made me in such a way that there is meant to be an ultimate synergy of desires between us, where the desires you want for me are the very desires I want for myself—desires that naturally arise from the core of my being when I shut out the noise of the world and of my own mind.

Bless me, O Lord, to become one-pointed in discovering these deeper desires and letting them direct my life—thereby making you the director of my life. 

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02.41 Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched.