श्रीभगवानुवाच | असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् | अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते
śrībhagavānuvāca . asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam . abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate
至尊主說：大臂者啊，毫無疑問，心意是難以駕馭且躁動不安的。但是，貢蒂之子啊，透過練習和離欲，它便能被控制。
The Blessed Lord said O mighty-armed one, undoubtedly the mind is untractable and restless. But, O son of Kunti, it is brought under control through practice and detachment.
透過不斷地冥想目標（Lakshya，即冥想的中心、理想、目標或對象），持續或重複努力使遊蕩的心意保持穩定，這就是練習（Abhyasa）。對真我或神的同一思想或觀念不斷重複，這種持續的重複能摧毀心意的動搖（Vikshepa）和慾望，使其穩定並專一。離欲（Vairagya）是對此世或他世、此處或彼處、可見或不可見、可聞或不可聞的感官對象的無情或漠不關心，這是透過不斷審視它們的弊端（DoshaDrishti）而達成的。你必須透過不斷地反思不朽、充滿至福的真我來訓練心意。你必須讓心意認識到世俗享樂的短暫性。你必須引導心意，使其不在易逝和變化的外物中尋求享樂，而是在內在不朽、不變的真我中尋求。漸漸地，心意將會從外物中收回。
The constant or repeated effort to keep the wandering mind steady by constant meditation on the Lakshya (centre? ideal? goal or object of meditation) is Abhyasa or practice. The same idea or thought of the Self or God is constantly repeated. This constant repetition destroys Vikshepa or the vacillation of the mind and desires? and makes it steady and onepointed.Vairagya is dispassion or indifference to senseobjects in this world or in the other? here or hereafter? seen or unseen? heard or unheard? achieved through constantly looking into the evil in them (DoshaDrishti). You will have to train the mind by constant reflection on the immortal? allblissful Self. You must make the mind realise the transitory nature of the wordly enjoyments. You must suggest to the mind to look for its enjoyment not in the perishable and changing external objects but in the immortal? changeless Self within. Gradually the mind will be withdrawn from the external objects.