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Wed wise focus with calm mind

Makes that life of theirs tranquil.

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Pulled by wants as trips the mind

Gain ground wise by self-leverage.

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Passions languid, mind tranquil

Keep man ever on blissful course.

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Mind that's pure with self-control

Leads that man to State Brahman.

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Espy wise in right outlook

Others in self ’n vice versa.

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Discern Me in what they see

Ever they find Me nearby them.

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Me who sees in all beings

He’s the one that dwells in Me.

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He’s the yogi self-feels who

Joys of others ’n grief as well.

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Thus spoke Arjuna:

Frail being man, fail I see

Yoga Thou espouse, lasting in practice.

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Can one ever tame his mind

Like the wind that yields to none?

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Thus spoke the Lord:

Calm ’n custom bring in ropes

Tough ask though to subdue mind.

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Fail keep going unruly

Persevere self-willed all the way.

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Thus spoke Arjuna:

What if one

Throws up all

Lacks who zeal

Hath though faith?

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Resolve if dissolves in mid-course

Won’t that be like scattered clouds?

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Kindly dispel all my doubts

Think I none of else for that.

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Thus spoke the Lord:

Strives if one to enrich self

Ends not in grief here or there.

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Harnessed habit, of births past

Helps man strive to self-realize.

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With the reason thus imbibed

Realized outwit scholars there.

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Awareness of births of yore

Helps the striving gain moksha.

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Ahead in protocol comes yogi

Learned, ascetics, as all sticklers for rituals.

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He’s the yogi of yogis

Self-inner who fills with Me.

Ends thus:

Practice of Restraint,

The Sixth Chapter

Of Bhagavad-Gita,

Treatise of self-help.