In English
When we take our food, we are taking it through our tongue; but we have five different sense organs. In spite of this, we think that we are consuming food only through the palate. Many people wonder why they are getting bad thoughts, although they are consuming only pure and sathwik food. There is something here to which you have to give a great deal of thought. , , , and are the five senses in us. Whatever we take in can enter our body by way of any of the sensory organs, namely, ear, skin, eye, tongue or nose. In a superficial manner, we think we are taking the food only through the palate, and we are not giving any thought to the kind of food that we are taking through the other organs. When we say that we should accept only sathwik food, it refers to food that we accept through all the organs. Our eyes must accept only vision that is sacred and sathwik. We should use our eyes to see only the sacred creation of the Lord. Just because we have eyes, we should not use them to see everything without any control. Sometimes when we look at certain things, the organs within us may become uncontrollable. This is why, the have laid down that men and women should not look at each other too much, as it will promote . We should use our eyes only to look at sacred things. It is because of this that the were not willing to discuss too much with . They used a bee as an intermediary while speaking with . They were worried that their mind might get distorted if they looked and talked with . So, they adopted this procedure.