Bg. 6.26
Devanāgarī
यतो यतो निश्चलति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् । ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥ २६ ॥
Synonyms
yataḥyataḥ—wherever;niścalati—becomes verily agitated;manaḥ—the mind;cañcalam—flickering;asthiram—unsteady;tataḥtataḥ—from there;niyamya—regulating;etat—this;ātmani—in the Self;eva—certainly;vaśam—control;nayet—must bring under.
Translation
From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.
Purport
From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.
The nature of the mind is flickering and unsteady. But a self-realizedyogīhas to control the mind; the mind should not control him. One who controls the mind (and therefore the senses as well) is calledgosvāmī,orsvāmī,and one who is controlled by the mind is calledgo-dāsa,or the servant of the senses. Agosvāmīknows the standard of sense happiness. In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hṛṣīkeśa, or the supreme owner of the senses – Kṛṣṇa. Serving Kṛṣṇa with purified senses is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the way of bringing the senses under full control. What is more, that is the highest perfection ofyogapractice.
The nature of the mind is flickering and unsteady. But a self-realizedyogīhas to control the mind; the mind should not control him. One who controls the mind (and therefore the senses as well) is calledgosvāmī,orsvāmī,and one who is controlled by the mind is calledgo-dāsa,or the servant of the senses. Agosvāmīknows the standard of sense happiness. In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hṛṣīkeśa, or the supreme owner of the senses – Kṛṣṇa. Serving Kṛṣṇa with purified senses is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the way of bringing the senses under full control. What is more, that is the highest perfection ofyogapractice.
The nature of the mind is flickering and unsteady. But a self-realizedyogīhas to control the mind; the mind should not control him. One who controls the mind (and therefore the senses as well) is calledgosvāmī,orsvāmī,and one who is controlled by the mind is calledgo-dāsa,or the servant of the senses. Agosvāmīknows the standard of sense happiness. In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hṛṣīkeśa, or the supreme owner of the senses – Kṛṣṇa. Serving Kṛṣṇa with purified senses is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the way of bringing the senses under full control. What is more, that is the highest perfection ofyogapractice.
The nature of the mind is flickering and unsteady. But a self-realizedyogīhas to control the mind; the mind should not control him. One who controls the mind (and therefore the senses as well) is calledgosvāmī,orsvāmī,and one who is controlled by the mind is calledgo-dāsa,or the servant of the senses. Agosvāmīknows the standard of sense happiness. In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hṛṣīkeśa, or the supreme owner of the senses – Kṛṣṇa. Serving Kṛṣṇa with purified senses is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the way of bringing the senses under full control. What is more, that is the highest perfection ofyogapractice.