Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 215

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

arjuna uvāca yo’yaṃ yogas-tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdhana | etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṃ sthirām || 33 || Arjuna said: 33. This Yoga of equanimity, which has been taught by You, O Krishna, I can not imagine it's steady continuance, because of the restlessness of the mind. cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad-dṛḍham | tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram || 34 || 34. For the mind is fickle, O Krishna, turbulent, powerful and stubborn. I deem it as difficult to control as to control the wind. Commentary For the mind, which is fickle even in matters which are incessantly practiced and are dear to one, cannot be firmly focused in one spot by anyone. The mind agitates one violently and flies away stubbornly elsewhere. I regard the restraint and focusing of such a mind on the ātman, which is of quite an opposite nature, to be as difficult to do as restraining a strong contrary gale with such things as fragile fans.