Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.35
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.35 · 6 · Verse 35
Sanskrit Original
।।6.35।। असंशयं नास्ति संशयः मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् इत्यत्र हे महाबाहो। किंतु अभ्यासेन तु अभ्यासो नाम चित्तभूमौ कस्यांचित् समानप्रत्ययावृत्तिः चित्तस्य। वैराग्येण वैराग्यं नाम दृष्टादृष्टेष्टभोगेषु दोषदर्शनाभ्यासात् वैतृष्ण्यम्। तेन च वैराग्येण गृह्यते विक्षेपरूपः प्रचारः चित्तस्य। एवं तत् मनः गृह्यते निगृह्यते निरुध्यते इत्यर्थः।।यः पुनः असंयतात्मा तेन
6.35 Mahabaho, O mighty-armed one; asamsayam, undoubtedly-there is no doubt with regard to this; that the manah, mind; is durnigraham, untractable; and calm, restless. Tu, but; it-the modifications of the mind in the form of distractions-grhyate, is brought under control; abhyasena, through practice- abhyasa means repetition of some idea or thought of the mind one some mental plane ['Some mental plane' suggests some object of concentration.]-; and vairagyena, through detachment-vairagya means absence of hankering for enjoyment of desirable things, seen or unseen, as a result of the practice of discerning their defect. That mind is thus brought undr control, restrained, i.e. completely subdued. By him, however, who has not controlled his mind-