BG 6.35
श्रीभगवानुवाच
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam
abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate
asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam
abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān said; asaṁśayam — undoubtedly; mahā-bāho — O mighty-armed; manaḥ — the mind; durnigraham — [is] difficult to curb; calam — [and] restless; tu — yet; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; gṛhyate — it is subjugated; abhyāsena — by practice; ca — and; vairāgyeṇa — by dispassion.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān said: There is no doubt, O mighty-armed, that the mind is difficult to curb and restless. And yet, O son of Kuntī, it is subjugated by practice and dispassion.