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men In
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Women In powerful and obstinate! I think that restraining it is
as difficult as that of restraining the wind!” Thus said
Arjuna to Lord Krushna.
Sri:
S r i: Arjuna, the mighty Pa:ndava of Maha:bha:ratha,
attained celestial weapons, could discharge arrows
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Ra:ma:yana - 3 with both arms, learnt fine arts like dance, routed the
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entire Kaurava army single handed. Yet, despite his
The nature of mind incredible skill and training, Arjuna says the mind
is unsteady and hard to control. What to say of the
chanchalam hi manah krushna prama:tthi ordinary people like us who struggle day in and day
balavath dhruddam | out to handle our own minds!

tasya:ham nigraham manye: va:yo:riva The episode of queen Kaike:yi in Ra:ma:yana
sudushkaram|| gives us insight into the workings of our own minds.
How we try to live up to our ideals, how we get
(Bhagavadgi:tha, 6th Chapter, 34th slo:ka) distracted, how we tend to become rigid in our narrow
thinking - all these are illustrated in a single episode!
“O Krushna! The mind is fickle, turbulent,

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