Mind & Self-Control: Mantras & Shlokas

Verses on steadying the mind, patience and lifting oneself up.

Matrasparshas Tu Kaunteya (Gita 2.14)

Vishnu

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।

The touch of the senses with their objects, son of Kunti, brings cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and they go; they do…

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Uddhared Atmanatmanam (Gita 6.5)

Vishnu

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।

Lift yourself up by your own effort; do not let yourself sink down. The self alone is its own friend, and the self alone is its…

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Asamshayam Mahabaho (Gita 6.35)

Vishnu

असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।

Without doubt, mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and hard to hold. But, son of Kunti, it can be held by practice and by…

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Yaj Jagrato Duram Udaiti (Shiva Sankalpa Sukta)

Universal

यज्जाग्रतो दूरमुदैति दैवं तदु सुप्तस्य तथैवैति ।

The mind is a divine power. It travels far when we are awake, and it travels far when we sleep. It goes far, and it is the one…

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