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Meditation Yoga Chapter 6, Verse 34 cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad-dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram Restless indeed is the mind, O Krishna; it is vehement, strong and unconquerable; I see it as hard to control as the wind. The word cañcalaṁ means something that is always jumping and moving. When someone is not stable, we say, “This person is cañcala.” Arjuna says, “Restless indeed is the mind. Indeed I perceive it, I can see it. My mind is always cañcalaṁ, even when You are telling me that the mind should dwell in the Supreme Being. I know that what you are saying is right, there is no doubt. Because You are the Lord Himself, You are the One who can change that and transform it.” Here Arjuna says to Lord Krishna that the mind is truly unsteady, turbulent, powerful, and very difficult to control as is the wind. One can’t control the wind, where it comes from, where it goes, no one knows. Christ says in the Bible that the wind blows wherever it ple...