Verse 6.34

bg.6.34

Sanskrit

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

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

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

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।6.34।। क्योंकि हे कृष्ण ! मन बड़ा ही चञ्चल, प्रमथनशील, दृढ़ (जिद्दी) और बलवान् है। उसका निग्रह करना मैं वायुकी तरह अत्यन्त कठिन मानता हूँ।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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