Jihva means

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"jihva means"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Jihvā means tongue. So in order to see Kṛṣṇa, in order to understand Kṛṣṇa, the first business is to control your tongue.

Lecture on BG 2.3 -- London, August 4, 1973:

Jihvā means tongue. So in order to see Kṛṣṇa, in order to understand Kṛṣṇa, the first business is to control your tongue. Therefore we say, don't take meat, don't take liquor. Because it is controlling the tongue. The tongue is the most strong enemy as sense, as perverted sense. And these rascals they say, "No, you can eat whatever you like. It has nothing to do with religion." But Vedic śāstra says, "You rascal, first of all control your tongue. Then you can understand what is God." So this is called Vedic injunction—perfect. If you control your tongue, then you control your belly, then you control your genital.