6.24 सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः
saṅkalpa
Word meanings
saṅkalpa—a resolve;prabhavān—born of;kāmān—desires;tyaktvā—having abandoned;sarvān—all;aśheṣhataḥ—completely;manasā—through the mind;eva—certainly;indriya-grāmam—the group of senses;viniyamya—restraining;samantataḥ—from all sides
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In order to renounce completely all desires that are born of intention, let a person restrain the group of sense-organs from all sides by mind alone.
Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;
Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restraining the mind from all the senses on all sides;
By totally eschewing all desires which arise from thoughts, and restraining with the mind itself all the organs from every side;
Abandoning without reserve all the desires born of Sankalpa, and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides,
6.26 यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्
yato yato niścarati manaś
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niśhcharati—wanders;manaḥ—the mind;chañchalam—restless;asthiram—unsteady;tataḥ tataḥ—from there;niyamya—having restrained;etat—this;ātmani—on God;eva—certainly;vaśham—control;nayet—should bring
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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By whatever things the shaky and unsteady mind strays, let him restrain it from those things and bring it back under the control of the Self alone.
When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again to its allegiance to the Self.
Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind wanders, he should subdue it then and there bring it back under the control of the self alone.
(The yogi) should bring (this mind) under the subjugation of the Self Itself, by restraining it from all those causes whatever due to which the restless, unsteady mind wanders away.
From whatever cause the restless, unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it under the control of the Self alone.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.25 शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्
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śhanaiḥ—gradually;śhanaiḥ—gradually;uparamet—attain peace;buddhyā—by intellect;dhṛiti-gṛihītayā—achieved through determination of resolve that is in accordance with scriptures;ātma-sanstham—fixed in God;manaḥ—mind;kṛitvā—having made;na—not;kiñchit—anything;api—even;chintayet—should think of
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Very slowly remain still, keeping the mind well established in the Self by means of the intellect held in steadiness; and let him not think of anything (object).
Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing.
Little by little one should withdraw oneself from the objects other than the self with the help of the intellect held by firm resolution; and then one should think of nothing else, having fixed the mind upon the self.
One should gradually withdraw with the intellect endowed with steadiness. Making the mind fixed in the Self, one should not think of anything whatsoever.
Little by little let him attain to quietude by the intellect held firmly; having made the mind establish itself in the Self, let him not think of anything.
