Verse 178

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। ॥ १७८ ॥

In plain words

The mind is nothing less than a great tiger, prowling the forest of sense-objects. Any good soul who truly seeks liberation had better not wander into that forest at all.

Close to the Sanskrit

The mind is indeed a great tiger that roams in the forest-lands of sense-objects. Let the good people who are seekers of liberation not go there.