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Yoga Vashishtha 3.110.25–37
(True mastery over life begins with mastery over the mind)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच।
जिते मनसि सर्वैव विजिता चेन्द्रियावलिः।
शीर्यते च यथा तन्तौ दग्धे मौक्तिकमालिका ॥ २५॥
सर्वत्र स्थितया स्वच्छरूपया निर्विकारया।
समया सूक्ष्मया नित्यं चिच्छक्त्या साक्षिभूतया ॥ २६॥
सर्वभावानुगतया न चेत्यार्थविभिन्नया।
रामात्मसत्तया मूकमपि देहसमं जडम् ॥ २७॥
मनोऽन्तश्चलति व्यर्थं मननैषणमुह्यया।
बहिर्गिरिसरिद्व्योमसमुद्रपुरलीलया ॥ २८॥
जाग्रच्चाभिमतं वस्तु नयत्यमृतमृष्टताम्।
अनीहितं च विषतां नयत्यमृतमप्यलम् ॥ २९॥
अमृष्टसर्वभावानामलमात्मचमत्कृतिम्।
मनः स्वाभिमताकारं रूपं सृजति वस्तुषु ॥ ३०॥
स्पन्देषु वायुतामेति प्रकाशेषु प्रकाशताम्।
द्रवेषु द्रवतामेति चिच्छक्तिस्फुरितं मनः ॥ ३१॥
पृथ्व्यां कठिनतामेति शून्यतां शून्यदृष्टिषु।
सर्वत्रेच्छास्थितिं याति चिच्छक्तिस्फुरितं मनः ॥ ३२॥
शुक्लं कृष्णीकरोत्येव कृष्णं नयति शुक्लताम्।
विनैव देशकालाभ्यां शक्तिं पश्यास्य चेतसः ॥ ३३॥
मनस्यन्यत्र संसक्ते चर्वितस्यापि जिह्वया।
भोजनस्यापि मृष्टस्य न स्वादोऽस्यानुभूयते ॥ ३४॥
यच्चित्तदृष्टं तद्दृष्टं न दृष्टं तदलोकितम्।
अन्धकारे यथा रूपमिन्द्रियं निर्मितं तथा ॥ ३५॥
इन्द्रियेण मनो देहि मनसेन्द्रियमुन्मनः।
इन्द्रियाणि प्रसूतानि मनसो नेन्द्रियान्मनः ॥ ३६॥
अत्यन्तभिन्नयोरैक्यं येषां चित्तशरीरयोः।
ज्ञातज्ञेया महात्मानो मनस्यास्ते सुपण्डिताः ॥ ३७॥
Sage Vashishta continued:
3.110.25–30
> When the mind is conquered, the whole group of senses is also conquered, just as a string of pearls falls apart when its thread is burned.
> The mind is a power of Consciousness that is present everywhere. It (Consciousness) is Pure and clear by Nature, Unchanging, even, subtle, Eternal, and acts only as a Witness.
> It follows every State of Being and is not divided by the many objects it knows. Through the Reality of the True Self, O Rama, even though silent, it is like an inert body.
> Confused by its own urge to think and desire, the mind moves about uselessly inside. Outside, it plays as mountains, rivers, sky, ocean, and cities.
> In the waking state, the mind turns a desired object into something as sweet as nectar. It turns an undesired object into poison, even if that object is nectar itself.
> For all things not yet experienced, the mind fully creates its own wonder. It gives objects whatever form and shape it prefers.
3.110.31–37
> In moving things the mind becomes like wind. In shining things it becomes light. In flowing things it becomes the flow. The mind is only a flash of the power of Consciousness.
> In the Earth it becomes hardness. In empty Spaces it becomes emptiness. Everywhere it takes the form of desire. The mind is only a flash of the power of Consciousness.
> See the power of this mind: without any need of place or time, it turns white into black and black into white.
> When the mind is attached elsewhere, even tasty food being chewed by the tongue gives no experience of taste.
> Whatever the mind looks at is seen. Whatever it does not look at is not seen at all. Just as an eye may be formed, yet in darkness it sees no shape.
> Through the senses one seems to gain a body, and through the mind a sense organ, though the mind itself is beyond them. The senses are born from the mind; the mind is not born from the senses.
> Those great souls who understand the unity of the mind and the body—two things that are completely different—are the truly wise ones who know what should be known and rest in the mind as true scholars.
Summary of the teachings:
These verses teach that true mastery over life begins with mastery over the mind. When the mind is brought under control, all the senses automatically come under control, just as pearls scatter when the thread that holds them is burned. The mind itself is not a solid thing but a pure, subtle, ever-present power of Consciousness that remains an unchanging Witness to everything.
The mind creates the appearance of the outer world through its restless thinking and desires. Inside, it wanders pointlessly; outside, it appears as mountains, rivers, cities, and every other form. It has the power to turn the same object into nectar or poison simply by liking or disliking it, and it freely invents shapes and qualities for things it has never experienced.
Because the mind is only a flash of Consciousness, it can take on any quality—movement, light, hardness, emptiness, or desire—according to what it rests upon. This power works without depending on time or place, so it can even reverse the nature of things, turning white into black and black into white.
Everyday experience proves the mind’s central role: when attention is elsewhere, even delicious food has no taste, and only what the mind notices is truly perceived. The senses and the body appear through the mind, not the other way around; the senses arise from the mind.
Those who understand this relationship—that mind and body are utterly different yet seem united—are the truly wise. By knowing the mind as the Source and resting in that Knowledge, they become free of confusion and live as true scholars of the Self.
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