25
Wed wise focus with calm mind
Makes that life of theirs tranquil.
26
Pulled by wants as trips the mind
Gain ground wise by self-leverage.
27
Passions languid, mind tranquil
Keep man ever on blissful course.
28
Mind that's pure with self-control
Leads that man to State Brahman.
29
Espy wise in right outlook
Others in self ’n vice versa.
30
Discern Me in what they see
Ever they find Me nearby them.
31
Me who sees in all beings
He’s the one that dwells in Me.
32
He’s the yogi self-feels who
Joys of others ’n grief as well.
33
Thus spoke Arjuna:
Frail being man, fail I see
Yoga Thou espouse, lasting in practice.
34
Can one ever tame his mind
Like the wind that yields to none?
35
Thus spoke the Lord:
Calm ’n custom bring in ropes
Tough ask though to subdue mind.
36
Fail keep going unruly
Persevere self-willed all the way.
37
Thus spoke Arjuna:
What if one
Throws up all
Lacks who zeal
Hath though faith?
38
Resolve if dissolves in mid-course
Won’t that be like scattered clouds?
39
Kindly dispel all my doubts
Think I none of else for that.
40
Thus spoke the Lord:
Strives if one to enrich self
Ends not in grief here or there.
43
Harnessed habit, of births past
Helps man strive to self-realize.
44
With the reason thus imbibed
Realized outwit scholars there.
45
Awareness of births of yore
Helps the striving gain moksha.
46
Ahead in protocol comes yogi
Learned, ascetics, as all sticklers for rituals.
47
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.