Bhagavad Gītā: Chapter 6: Text 34
Bhagavad Gītā : Chapter six: Dhyāna - Yoga , Text 34 चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् │ cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ││ ३४ ││ tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyoriva su-duṣkaram Figure 02: The individual is the passenger in the car of material body, and intelligence is the driver. Mind is driving instrument and the senses are the horses. The self is thus the enjoyer or sufferer in the association of the mind and sense (6.34 purport) (Prabhupāda 2017) Vocabulary cañcalam— flickering; hi— certainly; manaḥ— mind; kṛṣṇa— O K ṛṣṇa; pramāthi— agitating; bala-vat— strong ; dṛḍham— obstinate; tasya— its; aham— I; nigraham— subduing; manye— think; vāyoḥiv— of the wind; iva— like ; su-duṣkaram— difficult. Translate the following verse into English For the mind i...