Sanskrit · Devanagari
चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम्। तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882boisterous strong and obstinate and I think that to restrain it is as difficult as (to restrain) the wind.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.34।। चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण इति कृष्यतेः विलेखनार्थस्य रूपम्। भक्तजनपापादिदोषाकर्षणात् कृष्णः तस्य संबुद्धिः हे कृष्ण। हि यस्मात् मनः चञ्चलं न केवलमत्यर्थं चञ्चलम् प्रमाथि च प्रमथनशीलम् प्रमथ्नाति शरीरम् इन्द्रियाणि च विक्षिपत् सत् परवशीकरोति। किञ्च बलवत् प्रबलम् न केनचित् नियन्तुं शक्यम् दुर्निवारत्वात्। किञ्च दृढं तन्तुनागवत् अच्छेद्यम्। तस्य एवंभूतस्य मनसः अहं निग्रहं निरोधं मन्ये वायोरिव यथा वायोः दुष्करो निग्रहः ततोऽपि दुष्करं मन्ये इत्यभिप्रायः।।श्रीभगवानुवाच एवम् एतत् यथा ब्रवीषि श्रीभगवानुवाच
039932d9f503…Rāmānuja
6.34 For the mind, which is found to be fickle even in matters incessantly practised, cannot be firmly fixed by a person in one place. It agitates that person violently and flies away stubbornly elsewhere. Regarding such a mind, which by nature is fickle even in matters practised, I regard that its restraint and fixing in the self, which is of ite opposite nature, is as difficult as restraining a strong contrary gale with such things as a fragile fan etc. The meaning is that the means for the restraint of the mind should be explained.
b387405ea9d0…Swami Sivananda
6.34 चञ्चलम् restless? हि verily? मनः the mind? कृष्ण O Krishna? प्रमाथि turbulent? बलवत् strong? दृढम् unyielding? तस्य of it? अहम् I? निग्रहम् control? मन्ये think? वायोः of the wind? इव as? सुदुष्करम् difficult to do.Commentary The mind constantly changes its objects and so it is ever restless.Krishna is derived from Krish which means to scrape. He scrapes all the sins? evils? and the causes of evil from the hearts of His devotees. Therefore He is called Krishna.The mind is not only restless but also turbulent or impetuous? strong and obstinate. It produces violent agitation in the body and the senses. The mind is drawn by the objects in all directions. It works always in conjunction with the five senses. It is drawn by them to the five kinds of objects. Therefore it is ever restless. It enjoys the five kinds of sensobjects with the help of these senses and the body. Therefore it makes them subject to external influences. It is even more difficult to control it than to control the wind. The mind is born of Vayutanmatra (wind rootelement). That is the reason why it is as restless as the wind.
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