Verse 6.34

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् ।

तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥

6.34

Transliteration

cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham |

tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

The mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding, O Krishna: I deem it as difficult to control it as to control the wind.

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Word by word

restless
indeed
the mind
O Krishna
turbulent
strong
obstinate

of it
I
control
think
of the wind
like
very difficult

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna describes the mind in four strong words: restless, turbulent, powerful and stubborn. To hold it in check, he says, seems as hard as holding the wind. The comparison is vivid and true to experience, since the wind can neither be grasped nor stopped. Arjuna's honesty sets up one of the Gita's most practical answers. His complaint is not a sign of weakness but of seriousness; he has understood that the teaching asks for a real change of mind, not just agreement.