नियच्छेद्विषयेभ्योऽक्षान्मनसा बुद्धिसारथि: । मन: कर्मभिराक्षिप्तं शुभार्थे धारयेद्धिया ॥ १८ ॥
niyacched visayebhyo ’ksan manasa buddhi-sarathih manah karmabhir aksiptam subharthe dharayed dhiya
- niyacchet
- withdraw
- visayebhyah
- from sense engagements
- aksan
- the senses
- manasa
- by dint of the mind
- buddhi
- intelligence
- sarathih
- driver
- manah
- the mind
- karmabhih
- by the fruitive work
- aksiptam
- being absorbed in
- subha-arthe
- for the sake of the Lord
- dharayet
- hold up
- dhiya
- in full consciousness.
Gradually, as the mind becomes progressively spiritualized, withdraw it from sense activities, and by intelligence the senses will be controlled. The mind too absorbed in material activities can be engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead and become fixed in full transcendental consciousness.