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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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34. Verily, the mind, O Krsna, is restless, turbulent, strong and tough. I regard its control quite as hard to achieve as that of the wind. O Krgna:' KRSNA ' IS DERIVED FROM THE ROOT ' KRS', ' TO SCRAPE. K-RSIJA IS SO CALLED, BECAUSE HE SCRAPES OR DRAWS AWAY ALL SINS AND OTHER EVILS FROM HIS DEVOTEES. Verily, the mind is restless. TSLOT MERELY IS IT RESTLESS; IT IS ALSO turbulent, CAPABLE OF AGITATING: IT AGITATES THE BODY AND THE SENSES, DISTRACTS THEM AND SUBJECTS THEM (TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES). BESIDES, it is strong, INCAPABLE OF BEING CHECKED BY ANY MEANS, BEING IN vincible; AND MOREOVER, it IS tough, IMPOSSIBLE OF BEING CUT, AS IS THE "TANTUNĀGA[1]". I regard its control, THE RESTRAINT OF THE MIND OF SUCH A NATURE, quite as hard to achieve as that of the wind: THE SENSE IS THAT, DIFFICULT AS IT IS TO CONTROL THE WIND, THE RESTRAINT OF THE MIND is EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. THE LORD SAYS: SO IT IS, AS YOU SAY. |
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References and Context
- ↑ Known as vantna-pāxa, a large shark, which, being very tough, is impossible of being cut. (A)