| 34. The mind
verily, is, O Krishna, restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, here of
the restraint I deem quite as difficult as that of the wind.Krishna is derived
from krish to scrape. Krishna is so called because He scrapes or draws away
all sins and other causes of evil from his devotees.Not only is the, mind
restless, but also turbulent: it agitates the body and the senses and makes
them subject to foreign influences. It is not possible to restrain it by
any means, as it is quite irrepressible. It is as impossible to cut it as
to cut the tantunaga, the Tarumapasa, a kind of shark. To restrain the mind
of such a nature is even more difficult than to restrain the wind:The Lord
says:So it is, as you say: |
