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0067/BG -23

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Painting title	Reigning in the Mind and Senses
Artists	Baradraja Dasa
Keywords	Intelligence Mind Senses Allegory
Keywords 2017	Soul Intelligence Senses Allegory Mind Reigns Horses Eye Ear Nose Tongue Skin Touch
Used in books	BG 1972
Keywords status	Updated
Info status	In progress
Source catalog	Art Catalog updated

File info

Image height	6 348 px
Image width	4 812 px
Location	Art 0067
Filename	0067/BG -23
Colorspace	LAB
File size	87.40 MB

Physical painting info

Medium	oil
Substrate	canvas

Legal info

Copyright owner	BBT
Year	1971
First publication year	1972

Picture section(s)

DE LCLF/BBAD/ETKC EN BG 1972

Captions

Language	Caption
English	6.34: “The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.” On the chariot of the body, the five horses represents the five senses (tongue, eyes, ears, nose, and skin). The reins, the means by which the driver controls the horses, represent the mind. The driver is the intelligence and the passenger the soul.

Language

Caption

English

6.34: “The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.” On the chariot of the body, the five horses represents the five senses (tongue, eyes, ears, nose, and skin). The reins, the means by which the driver controls the horses, represent the mind. The driver is the intelligence and the passenger the soul.