Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6/Verse 35

श्रीभगवानुवाच

असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।

अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥६- ३५॥

śrībhagavānuvāca
asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam ।

abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate ॥6- 35॥

The Blessed Lord said:

O Mighty Armed, the moving mind is difficult to restrain without a doubt, but by practice and indifference it is restrained, Son of Kunti.  


śrībhagavān (masculine, nominative, singular) = the Blessed Lord 

uvāca (past tense, 3rd person, singular) = said 

asaṃśayam (adverbial usage) (masculine, accusative, singular) = without a doubt 

mahābāhas (masculine, vocative, singular) = O Mighty Armed One (epithet of Arjuna) 

manas (neuter, nominative, singular) = mind

durnigraham (neuter, nominative, singular) = difficult to restrain  

calam (neuter, nominative, singular) = moving

abhyāsena (masculine, instrumental, singular) = by practice  

tu (adverb) (indeclinable) = but

kaunteya (masculine, vocative, singular) = Son of Kunti (epithet of Arjuna)  

vairāgyeṇa (neuter, instrumental, singular) = by indifference 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

gṛhyate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it is restrained