Chapter 6, Verse 35
श्री भगवानुवाच असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते।।6.35।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calaṃ. abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate.।6.35.।
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- असंशयम्
- undoubtedly
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one
- मनः
- the mind
- दुर्निग्रहम्
- difficult to restrain
- चलम्
- restless/fickle
- अभ्यासेन
- by practice
- तु
- but/indeed
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti
- वैराग्येण
- by dispassion/detachment
- च
- and
- गृह्यते
- is restrained/controlled
Commentary
35. Doubtless, O mighty-armed, the mind is hard to restrain and restless ; but by practice, O son of Kunti, and by indifference it may be restrained.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
असंशयम्
महाबाहो
मनः
दुर्निग्रहम्
चलम्
अभ्यासेन
तु
कौन्तेय
वैराग्येण
च
गृह्यते
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