SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 34
cancalam hi manah krsna
pramathi balavad drdham
tasyaham nigraham manye
vayor iva su-duskaram

cancalam--flickering; hi--certainly; manah--mind; krsna--O Krsna; pramathi--agitating ; bala-vat--strong; drdham--obstinate; tasya--its; aham--I; nigraham--subduing; manye--think; vayoh--of the wind; iva--like; su-duskaram- -difficult.

TRANSLATION

For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; The simile used here is appropriate: one cannot capture the blowing wind. And it is even more difficult to capture the turbulent mind. The easiest way to control the mind, as suggested by Lord Caitanya, is chanting "Hare Krsna," the great mantra for deliverance, in all humility.