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Not being a cheater, being very frank and open, Arjuna tells Kṛṣṇa that the system of yoga which He has In speaking to Kṛṣṇa, it is significant that Arjuna addresses Him as Madhusūdana, indicating that the The answer is that Arjuna considers his mind to be like a great demon, such as the demon Madhu. “My mind is much stronger than this demon Madhu,” Arjuna is saying. Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says,

Moreover, there is no record of Arjuna’s having executed the yoga system at any time. Yet Arjuna was praised by Kṛṣṇa as the only man worthy of understanding Bhagavad-gītā. What was Arjuna’s great qualification? Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, “You are My devotee. Despite this qualification, Arjuna refused to execute the meditational yoga system described by Śrī Kṛṣṇa

It was taught to Arjuna, the warrior, just before Arjuna was to engage in a fratricidal battle. Out of sentiment, Arjuna was thinking, “Why should I fight against my own kinsmen?” That reluctance to fight was due to Arjuna’s illusion, and just to eradicate that illusion, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavad-gītā was discussed, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa set forth the perfection of all yoga systems to His friend Arjuna At the end of this great discourse, Arjuna set aside his misgivings and fought.

Are we to assume that Arjuna is simply not sufficiently qualified to control his mind? The actual fact is that we cannot begin to understand the immense qualifications of Arjuna. In addition to this, Arjuna was renowned as a great warrior and administrator. Yet Arjuna was thinking that controlling the mind was simply not possible for him. We should not for one moment think that we are in Arjuna’s category.

In the Bhagavad-gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, teaches Arjuna directly the perfection

However, within the discourse, when Arjuna heard the explanation of the meditational system of yoga –

So properly speaking, we can never attain success in this meditational yoga system described by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, specifically mantra-yoga, the glorification of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa. consciousness and of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. We have to take the real cure straight from Kṛṣṇa.

“For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, it seems

achieved at the present time, in this Kali-yuga, by simply chanting the names of God, hari-kīrtana, Hare Kṛṣṇa So from authoritative sources we learn that this chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare

cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram

“O Madhusūdana, the system of yoga which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me , for the mind is restless and unsteady.” We are always thinking that by changing our situation we will overcome our mental agitation, and we are