"For the mind is restless, Krishna, turbulent, powerful, and …" — Arjuna

Browse topics

For the mind is restless, Krishna, turbulent, powerful, and unyielding; I think restraining it is as hard as restraining the wind.

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् | तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ||६-३४||

Source

The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.

Author: Arjuna
Tradition: Hindu
Source text: Bhagavad Gita
Chapter: Bhagavad Gita 6.34
Verse / page: BG.6.34
Topics: Mind Self-Control Obstacles

Same theme, different voices

Everything depends upon the mind. The pure mind acquires a new attitude.

The mind does not become tranquil until it is connected to the ever-peaceful Supreme Being.

Thought is a bird of space that can spread its wings in a cage of words, but cannot fly.

sin confines it in hell. Sin is also an eternity of hell, for eternity is in the will, and were it not in the will, it would not be in the consciousness.