Chapter 6 · Verse 34 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.34
Sanskrit
चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्। तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्।।6.34।।
Transliteration
chañchalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛiṣhṇa pramāthi balavad dṛiḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣhkaram
Word by Word
Arjuna speaks a truth that lives in every human heart—the mind is a wild force, more turbulent than wind itself, impossible to harness through force alone. The Vedantic masters knew this: the mind cannot be conquered by suppression, only by understanding and gentle redirection toward the Self.
When you stop fighting your restlessness and instead offer it to something greater—to breath, to mantra, to the presence of the Divine—the mind naturally settles, like dust in still water.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.34 — BG 6.34
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