偈颂 6.266.16.26.36.46.56.66.76.86.96.106.116.126.136.146.156.166.176.186.196.206.216.226.236.246.256.266.276.286.296.306.316.326.336.346.356.366.376.386.396.406.416.426.436.446.456.466.47

From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it under the control of the Self alone.

Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders off, from there let him draw it back and bring it under control in the self alone.

Here Krishna gives a frank and practical instruction. The mind is restless and unsteady, and it will wander. Whenever and wherever it goes off, the meditator should patiently bring it back and settle it in the self. The verse does not pretend that wandering can be prevented at once. Instead, the practice consists precisely in noticing and returning, again and again. This simple method anticipates Arjuna's complaint later in the chapter that the mind is as hard to hold as the wind.