Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.34
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.34 · 6 · Verse 34
Sanskrit Original
।।6.34।।तथा हि अनवरताभ्यस्तविषयेषु अपि स्वत एव चञ्चलं पुरुषेण एकत्र स्थापयितुम् अशक्यं मनः पुरुषं बलात् प्रमथ्य दृढम् अन्यत्र चरति। तस्य स्वाभ्यस्तविषयेषु अपि चञ्चलस्वभावस्य मनसः तद्विपरीताकारात्मनि स्थापयितुं निग्रहं प्रतिकूलगतेः महावातस्य व्यजनादिना इव सुदुष्करम् अहं मन्ये। मनोनिग्रहोपायो वक्तव्य इत्यभिप्रायः।
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.