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  • Hare Krsna!

    I was taught that we are Arjuna; with our Bow.  We hand the Reins and Horses over to Shri Krishna.

    Shri Krishna drives the Chariot, holding the reins and turns us always toward the target we are to hit.

    In this way the Chariot/body and the Reins and Horses/senses, are completely controlled by Lord Krishna.

    Since the Body and Senses have been turned over to the Lord, the Driver/soul/jiva, is completely free to focus on the targets Krishna leads him/her to.  Those targets are our Service to the Lord in this material universe.

    ys,  rf

    • Hare Krishna Prabhuji,  You are also very correct Prabhuji and Subhash Prabhuji is also correct

      • Hare Krishna,

        Different analogies. But the underlying meaning is the same :)

        Regards,

        Subash

  • Hare Krishna,

    From the Kathopanishad..

    The  chariot  stands  for  the  human body. . The  five  horses  which  draw  the  chariot  are  the  five  sense  organs . The  reins  stand  for  the  mind.  and  the  charioteer  stands  for  the   intellect. . The  rider  here  is  the  individual  jiva. . If  the  charioteer  falls  asleep  or  is  not  alert , then  the  reins  which  are  to  be  controlled  by  the  charioteer  will become  loose  and  then  the  horses   will go  out  of  control. . This  then  ends  up in the  destruction  of  the  chariot  and  the  rider.

               It  is  clear  from  this  that  if  the    intellect   (  the  charioteer) loses  its  grip  over  its  mind  ( the  reins ),  the  mind  runs   wherever  it wants   and  allows  the  five  sense  organs(  the  five  horses )   to go wherever they  want  to and  indulge. . Then  this  brings  a  destruction   to man's  personality.
    Regards,
    Subash
  • Jai Radhe

    The answer is Mind

    the reins is Intelligence and senses are the Horses.

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