चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् | तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ||६-३४||
cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham . tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram ||6-34||
- cañcalam
- flickering
- hi
- certainly
- manaḥ
- mind
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- pramāthi
- agitating
- bala-vat
- strong
- dṛḍham
- obstinate
- tasya
- its
- aham
- I
- nigraham
- subduing
- manye
- think
- vāyoḥ
- of the wind
- iva
- like
- su-duṣkaram
- difficult
The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.