Dhammapada Verse 17.2

Sanskrit Verse

यो वै उत्पतितं क्रोधं रथं भ्रान्तमिव धारयेत् । तमहं सारथिं ब्रवीमि रश्मिग्राह इतरो जनः ॥ २॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

One who checks rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer; others only hold the reins.

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Cross-references:

• Katha Upanishad Verse 1.3.3 (Atman as lord of the chariot, mind as reins)
• Katha Upanishad Verse 1.3.6 (Controlled mind and senses as good horses)
• Katha Upanishad Verse 1.3.9 (Reaching the goal with discriminating intellect as driver)