Verse 66

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। ॥ ६८ ॥

In plain words

It is the same with the mind. Engorged with the objects of the senses, ruled by tamas, it runs muddy. Let virāga dry it out, and sattva surfaces — slowly, a little at a time.

Close to the Sanskrit

In that same way, the mind — swollen with sense-objects, having tamas as its predominant strand — is turbid. When that mind has been dried by dispassion, sattva would manifest by slow degrees.