jahy Äsuraá¹ bhÄvam imaá¹ tvam Ätmanaḥ
samaṠmano dhatsva na santi vidviṣaḥ
á¹›te 'jitÄd Ätmana utpathe sthitÄt
tad dhi hy anantasya mahat samarhaṇam
jahi - just give up; Äsuram - demoniac; bhÄvam - tendency; imam - this; tvam - you (my dear father); Ätmanaḥ - of yourself; samam - equal; manaḥ - the mind; dhatsva - make; na - not; santi - are; vidviá¹£aḥ - enemies; á¹›te - except; ajitÄt - uncontrolled; Ätmanaḥ - the mind; utpathe - on the mistaken path of undesirable tendencies; sthitÄt - being situated; tat hi - that (mentality); hi - indeed; anantasya - of the unlimited Lord; mahat - the best; samarhaṇam - method of worship.
Unless one is able to fix the mind at the lotus feet of the Lord, the mind is impossible to control. As Arjuna says in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (6.34):
cañcalaṠhi manaḥ kṛṣṇa
pramÄthi balavad dá¹›á¸ham
tasyÄhaá¹ nigrahaá¹ manye
vÄyor iva suduá¹£karam
“For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, it seems to me, is more difficult than controlling the wind.†The only bona fide process for controlling the mind is to fix the mind by service to the Lord. We create enemies and friends according to the dictation of the mind, but actually there are no enemies and friends. Paṇá¸itÄḥ sama-darÅ›inaḥ. Samaḥ sarveá¹£u bhÅ«teá¹£u mad-bhaktiá¹ labhate parÄm. To understand this is the preliminary condition for entering into the kingdom of devotional service.