Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.61: Tani sarvani sanyamya yukta
Krishna tells Arjuna to restrain all the senses and to sit in discipline, with Krishna himself as the highest aim (mat-paraḥ, “intent on me”).
Bhagavad Gita 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
Tani sarvani sanyamya yukta asita matparah
Vashe hi yasyendriyani tasya prajna pratishthita
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ |
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
Our meaning Krishna tells Arjuna to restrain all the senses and to sit in discipline, with Krishna himself as the highest aim (mat-paraḥ, “intent on me”). When the senses are under control, he says, wisdom is firmly set.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि सब इंद्रियों को वश में करके, युक्त होकर, उन्हीं (कृष्ण) को परम लक्ष्य मानकर बैठना चाहिए। वे कहते हैं कि जिसकी इंद्रियाँ वश में हैं, उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है।
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- तानि tāni them (pronoun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- सर्वाणि sarvāṇi all (pronoun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3
whole, entire, all, every
- संयम्य saṃyamya having restrained (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: saṃ-yam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1111, col. 3
to hold together, hold in, hold fast, restrain, curb, suppress, control
- युक्तः yuktaḥ disciplined, joined (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2
yoked or joined or fastened or attached or harnessed
- आसीत āsīta should sit (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. ās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 3
to sit, sit down, rest, lie
- मत्परः matparaḥ "intent on me" (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: mat-para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2
devoted to me
- वशे vaśe under control (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. vaśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 929, col. 2
authority, power, control, dominion
- हि hi for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3
for, because, on account of
- यस्य yasya whose (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2
who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
- इन्द्रियाणि indriyāṇi the senses (noun (neuter), nominative plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2
faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense
- तस्य tasya his (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- प्रज्ञा prajñā wisdom (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 2
wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, judgment
- प्रतिष्ठिता pratiṣṭhitā is firmly set (past participle (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: prati-ṣṭhita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 671, col. 3
standing, stationed, placed, situated in or on
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 50.
Restraining them all, a man should remain engaged in devotion, making me his only resort. For his mind is steady whose senses are under his control.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 50.
Restraining them all, a man should remain engaged in devotion, making me his only resort. For his mind is steady whose senses are under his control.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 36.
Having restrained them all, he should sit harmonized, devoted wholly to Me; for whose senses are mastered, of him the understanding is well-poised.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 120.
The steadfast, having controlled them all, sits focussed on Me as the Supreme. His wisdom is steady, whose senses are under control.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
“Restraining them all, a man should remain engaged in devotion, making me his only resort. For his mind is steady whose senses are under his control.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“Having restrained them all, he should sit harmonized, devoted wholly to Me; for whose senses are mastered, of him the understanding is well-poised.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“The steadfast, having controlled them all, sits focussed on Me as the Supreme. His wisdom is steady, whose senses are under control.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
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- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Sanskrit text
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
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