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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6 · Dhyāna Yoga

Shloka 6.34

Lesson 267 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

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Discipline of mind, meditation and balance. How can attention and daily discipline support a balanced inner life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्।तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

chañchalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛiṣhṇa pramāthi balavad dṛiḍhamtasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣhkaram

Sandhi-vicheda

chañchalam+hi+manaḥ+kṛiṣhṇa+pramāthi+bala-vat+dṛiḍham+tasya+aham+nigraham+manye+vāyoḥ+iva+su-duṣhkaram

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Meaning of each word

chañchalamsource form

restless

hisource form

certainly

manaḥsource form

mind

kṛiṣhṇasource form

Shree Krishna

pramāthisource form

turbulent

bala-vatsource form

strong

dṛiḍhamsource form

obstinate

tasyasource form

its

ahamsource form

nigrahamsource form

control

manyesource form

think

vāyoḥsource form

of the wind

ivasource form

su-duṣhkaramsource form

difficult to perform

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।6.34।। चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण इति कृष्यतेः विलेखनार्थस्य रूपम्। भक्तजनपापादिदोषाकर्षणात् कृष्णः तस्य संबुद्धिः हे कृष्ण। हि यस्मात् मनः चञ्चलं न केवलमत्यर्थं चञ्चलम् प्रमाथि च प्रमथनशीलम् प्रमथ्नाति शरीरम् इन्द्रियाणि च विक्षिपत् सत् परवशीकरोति। किञ्च बलवत् प्रबलम् न केनचित् नियन्तुं शक्यम् दुर्निवारत्वात्। किञ्च दृढं तन्तुनागवत् अच्छेद्यम्। तस्य एवंभूतस्य मनसः अहं निग्रहं निरोधं मन्ये वायोरिव यथा वायोः दुष्करो निग्रहः ततोऽपि दुष्करं मन्ये इत्यभिप्रायः।।श्रीभगवानुवाच एवम् एतत् यथा ब्रवीषि श्रीभगवानुवाच

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 6.34

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