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ŚB 11.29.2

Devanagari

प्रायश: पुण्डरीकाक्ष युञ्जन्ते योगिनो मन: ।
विषीदन्त्यसमाधानान्मनोनिग्रहकर्शिता: ॥ २ ॥

Text

prāyaśaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa
yuñjanto yogino manaḥ
viṣīdanty asamādhānān
mano-nigraha-karśitāḥ

Synonyms

prāyaśaḥ — for the most part; puṇḍarīka-akṣa — O lotus-eyed Lord; yuñjantaḥ — who engage; yoginaḥyogīs; manaḥ — the mind; viṣīdanti — become frustrated; asamādhānāt — because of inability to attain trance; manaḥ-nigraha — by the attempt to subdue the mind; karśitāḥ — weary.

Translation

O lotus-eyed Lord, generally those yogīs who try to steady the mind experience frustration because of their inability to perfect the state of trance. Thus they weary in their attempt to bring the mind under control.

Purport

Without the shelter of the Supreme Lord, a yogī easily becomes discouraged in the difficult task of fixing his mind on the Supreme.