Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 6.35 of the Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha-Dipika), the English translation of 13th-century Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita.—The Dnyaneshwari (Jnaneshwari) brings to light the deeper meaning of the Gita which represents the essence of the Vedic Religion. This is verse 35 of the chapter called Dhyana-yoga.
Verse 6.35
Verse 6.35: The Exalted-one spake: “Undoubtedly, O Long-armed, is the mind hard to restrain, and inconstant. But it becomes, O Son of Kunti, restrainable by application and freedom from attachment. (418)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Thereon Lord Krishna said:—“What you say is true indeed. The mind is certainly so. To be fickle is the very nature of the mind. But if it is given the strength of indifference to worldly life, and turned in the direction of the study of ‘Yoga’ discipline, then it could be steadied after some time. The reason is, that there is this power of the mind that, once it takes a liking for a thing, it develops a fondness for it. You should, therefore coax it and create in it a liking for the bliss of the Self.