धार्यमाणं मनो यर्हि भ्राम्यदश्वनवस्थितम् । अतन्द्रितोऽनुरोधेन मार्गेणात्मवशं नयेत् ॥ १९ ॥
dhāryamāṇaṁ mano yarhi bhrāmyad āśv anavasthitam atandrito ’nurodhena mārgeṇātma-vaśaṁ nayet
- dhāryamāṇam
- being concentrated on the spiritual platform
- manaḥ
- the mind
- yarhi
- when
- bhrāmyat
- is deviated
- āśu
- suddenly
- anavasthitam
- not situated on the spiritual platform
- atandritaḥ
- carefully
- anurodhena
- according to the prescribed regulations
- mārgeṇa
- by the process
- ātma
- of the soul
- vaśam
- under the control
- nayet
- one should bring
Whenever the mind, being concentrated on the spiritual platform, is suddenly deviated from its spiritual position, one should carefully bring it under the control of the self by following the prescribed means.