Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 33-35 from the Sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 33:

अर्जुन उवाच |

योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्त: साम्येन मधुसूदन |

एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् || 33||

arjuna uvācha

yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana

etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

🔴 Arjuna said:

O Slayer of Madhu! Owing to the fickleness of the mind, I find no way of firm establishment in spiritual communion through equanimity as instructed by you.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 34:

चञ्चलं हि मन: कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम् |

तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् || 34||

chañchalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛiṣhṇa pramāthi balavad dṛiḍham

tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣhkaram

🔴 O Krsna! Verily, the mind is fickle, turbulent, powerful and unyielding. To control it, I think, is as difficult as controlling the wind itself.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 35:

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् |

अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते || 35||

śhrī bhagavān uvācha

asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalam

abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa cha gṛihyate

🔴 The Blessed Lord said:

O mighty armed one! Undoubtedly the mind is fickle and difficult to be checked. Yet, O son of Kunti, it can be brought under control by dispassion and spiritual practice.

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