Horse (BG)

Expressions researched:
"horse" |"horse's" |"horseback" |"horsefly" |"horseless" |"horselike" |"horseman" |"horsemeat" |"horsemen" |"horsepower" |"horseradish" |"horses"

BG Preface and Introduction

A child may think that an automobile is quite wonderful to be able to run without a horse or other animal pulling it, but a sane man knows the nature of the automobile's engineering arrangement.

BG Introduction:

As Lord Kṛṣṇa says, mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: "This material nature is working under My direction." When we see wonderful things happening in the cosmic nature, we should know that behind this cosmic manifestation there is a controller. Nothing could be manifested without being controlled. It is childish not to consider the controller. For instance, a child may think that an automobile is quite wonderful to be able to run without a horse or other animal pulling it, but a sane man knows the nature of the automobile's engineering arrangement. He always knows that behind the machinery there is a man, a driver. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the driver under whose direction everything is working.

BG Chapters 1 - 6

BG 1.14, Translation:

On the other side, both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental conchshells.

The individual is the passenger in the car of the material body, and intelligence is the driver. Mind is the driving instrument, and the senses are the horses.

BG 6.34, Purport:

Artificially, one may establish a mental equilibrium toward both friend and enemy, but ultimately no worldly man can do so, for this is more difficult than controlling the raging wind. In the Vedic literature (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.3-4) it is said:

ātmānaṁ rathinaṁ viddhi

śarīraṁ ratham eva ca

buddhiṁ tu sārathiṁ viddhi

manaḥ pragraham eva ca

indriyāṇi hayān āhur

viṣayāṁs teṣu gocarān

ātmendriya-mano-yuktaṁ

bhoktety āhur manīṣiṇaḥ

"The individual is the passenger in the car of the material body, and intelligence is the driver. Mind is the driving instrument, and the senses are the horses. The self is thus the enjoyer or sufferer in the association of the mind and senses. So it is understood by great thinkers."