From whatever occasion, a sound or the like, the restless mind, moved by the flaws of its own nature, runs out and wanders; it is extremely unsteady and therefore never still. From that very occasion, the sound or whatever it may be, let him rein it in: examining the occasion as it truly is, and so reducing it to a mere appearance, and cultivating dispassion, let him bring this mind under the sway of the Self alone. Practised so, by the strength of the practice of yoga the yogin's mind comes to rest in the Self itself.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

The mind, unsteady in the self by its nature of moving, from whatever cause of its bent toward objects it strays outward, from that and that he should, with effort, restrain it and bring it under sway in the self itself, by the contemplation of the surpassing happiness there.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

From the usage 'from wherever, wherever' and 'wherever it runs' (Bhagavata 10.1.42) and the like the verse-words are construed. 'Let him bring it under control in the self alone' means let him bring it under control with the self alone for its object; that is the sense.