6.34 चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्। तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्
cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad
Word meanings
chañchalam—restless;hi—certainly;manaḥ—mind;kṛiṣhṇa—Shree Krishna;pramāthi—turbulent;bala-vat—strong;dṛiḍham—obstinate;tasya—its;aham—I;nigraham—control;manye—think;vāyoḥ—of the wind;iva—like;su-duṣhkaram—difficult to perform
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
O Krsna! The mind is indeed unsteady, destructive, strong, and obstinate; I believe it is very difficult to control it, just as it is to control the wind.
My Lord! Verily, the mind is fickle and turbulent, obstinate and strong, yea extremely difficult as the wind to control.
For the mind is fickle, O Krsna, impetuous, powerful and stubborn. I think that restraint of it is as difficult as that of the wind.
For, O Krsna, the mind is unsteady, turbulent, strong and obstinate. I consider its control to be as greatly difficult as of the wind.
The mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding, O Krishna! I deem it as difficult to control as to control the wind.
6.36 असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः
asaṃyat
Word meanings
asanyata-ātmanā—one whose mind is unbridled;yogaḥ—Yog;duṣhprāpaḥ—difficult to attain;iti—thus;me—my;matiḥ—opinion;vaśhya-ātmanā—by one whose mind is controlled;tu—but;yatatā—one who strives;śhakyaḥ—possible;avāptum—to achieve;upāyataḥ—by right means
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
My belief is that attaining Yoga is difficult for a person with an uncontrolled mind; but it is possible to attain by proper means with a subdued self.
It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible.
In my opinion Yoga is hard to attain by a person of unrestrained mind. However, it can be attained through right means by him, who strives for it and has a subdued mind.
My conviction is that Yoga is difficult to be attained by one of uncontrolled mind. But it is possible to be attained through the (above) means by one who strives and has a controlled mind.
I think that Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self, but the self~controlled and striving one attains to it by the (proper) means.
Verse
ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
Chapters
Verses
श्रीभगवानुवाच
6.35 असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते
śrī bhagavān uvāca
|
Word meanings
asanśhayam—undoubtedly;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;manaḥ—the mind;durnigraham—difficult to restrain;chalam—restless;abhyāsena—by practice;tu—but;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;vairāgyeṇa—by detachment;cha—and;gṛihyate—can be controlled
Verse audio
Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
The Bhagavat said, O mighty-armed one! No doubt, the mind is unsteady and hard to control. But it can be controlled through practice and an attitude of desirelessness, O son of Kunti!
Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly difficult to restrain, but, O Son of Kunti, with practice and renunciation it can be done.
The Lord said The mind is hard to subdue and fickle, no doubt, O mighty-armed one, but , O son of Kunti, by practice and by the exercise of dispassion it can be brought under control.
The Blessed Lord said O mighty-armed one, undoubtedly the mind is untractable and restless. But, O son of Kunti, it is brought under control through practice and detachment.
Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but, by practice and by dispassion it may be restrained!
