Subhashita 02

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20 Vol. II/No, 2. Eternal Wisdom मनः कपिरयं विश्वपरिभ्रमण लंपटः / नियंत्रणीयो यत्नेन मुक्तिमिच्छभिरात्मनः // 4-39 // Manaha Kapirayam Wishia-paribhramana Lampataha, Niyantraniyo Yatnena Muktimichchhu-bhiratmanaha. 4-39. 4-39. He who wishes to get the Freedom (from the bondage of Karmas ), should with effort control the mind, which is like a monkey - who by his nature wanders everywhere. (Source: Shri Hemachandracharya's Yoga Shastra) निपानमिव मण्डूकाः सरः पूर्णमिवाण्डजाः / शुभकर्माणमायान्ति विवशाः सर्व संपदः // Nipanamiwa Mandukaha Saraha Purnamiwandajaha, Shubha-karmana-mayanti Wiwashaha Sarwa-sampadaha. When the pond is full, the frogs come to it, When the lake is full, the birds come to it, In a like manner, he, whose Atma is full of the pure (TH) Karmas ( 77 ), all wealth automatically comes to him. (Source: Many of the available commentaries on the Yoga Sutra were referred - e. g. those of M. N. Dwivedi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Omananda Tirtha, Prof. Kaniya, and the classics of Shri Vyas, Shri Vignana Bhikshu and Shri Vachaspati Mishra ) Acknowledgement: We are thankful to Dr. Jayadeva for discussing the Sutras of Patanjali with the translator; and similarly to Pujya Muni Shri Tatvanandavijayji for discussing this entire Subhashita.