Note 185 — Chapter VII · ROMANTIC IRONY
Reading edition
Katha-Upanishad. The passage is paraphrased as follows by P. E. More in his Century of Indian Epigrams:
Seated within this body’s car The silent Self is driven afar, And the five senses at the pole Like steeds are tugging restive of control. And if the driver lose his way, Or the reins sunder, who can say In what blind paths, what pits of fear Will plunge the chargers in their mad career? Drive well, O mind, use all thy art, Thou charioteer!—O feeling Heart, Be thou a bridle firm and strong! For the Lord rideth and the way is long.