BG - 6.34

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्। तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्।।6.34।।

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

• chañchalam - restless
• hi - certainly
• manaḥ - mind
• kṛiṣhṇa - Shree Krishna
• pramāthi - turbulent
• bala-vat - strong
• dṛiḍham - obstinate
• tasya - its
• aham - I
• nigraham - control
• manye - think
• vāyoḥ - of the wind
• iva - like
• su-duṣhkaram - difficult to perform

Translation

The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I consider it as difficult to control as controlling the wind.

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