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## Bahadashti: Duraradhya Manamarkat, Tavshushrusha
(213) Whatever is done, the ears do not heed, it remains in its own opinion; even if the gods, humans, and learned people explain, it does not understand, oh great scholar. I have known that this linga is neuter, it pushes away all men; another thing is that a man is capable, no one can bind him... Oh Kunthu, the mind that has been controlled has controlled everything, this is not a small matter... Oh Kunthu, those who say this do not believe, this is a great statement... Oh Kunthu"- Shri Anandghanji
Thinking this, he contemplates: "How can I bring this fickle, difficult-to-control mind under control? Because just as water ripples when a stone is thrown into it, so too does this
(difficult-to-control, wicked mind, like water, ripples when it encounters an obstacle, how can this fickle mind be controlled? "This fickle mind is restless and extremely powerful. How can it be controlled? It is very difficult to control it like the wind." Therefore, now I am defeated,
how to do it? If dispassion and study are not pursued with intense effort, this mind will never be subdued, it is its nature to wander everywhere, so I should tie this monkey-like mind somewhere! Or I should give it some work to do, so that it can climb and descend at will! Thinking this, he ties this mind with the chain of love to the pillar of the feet of the Supreme Lord, who has conquered this mind! So that this naughty mind cannot wander around! Or he sets it free to play in the Shruta-skandha, so that it can climb and descend in it! Let it eat as much as it wants of the fruit of the soul! Let it pluck the leaves of the vow! Let it swing on the branches of the right faith! Let it dance and jump in the vast root of the intellect!
The mind, difficult to control, has been subdued, the intellect has been brought by the Agam, oh Lord Anandghan, you have brought it, I know it is true. Kunthu"- Shri Anandghanji
4. Tattva-Shushrusha: In this perspective, the third quality, named Shushrusha, is revealed, because the second quality is the quality of inquiry.
* "This mind is restless, I want to control it firmly.
I consider its control as difficult as the wind.
There is no doubt, oh great one, the mind is difficult to control, it is fickle.
But only through dispassion, it can be controlled." - Gita
* "With many fruits of the soul, laden with the burden of the soul, with leaves of vows scattered, with many branches of right faith, on the high peak of the right faith, in the vast root of the intellect, let the wise mind play in the Shruta-skandha." - Shri Gunabhadra Swami's Shri Atmanushasan