Bhagavad Gita 6.24: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 6.24
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः ।मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥
Sankalpaprabhavankamanstyaktva sarvanasheshatahManasaivendriyagramam viniyamya samantatah
saṅkalpaprabhavānkāmāṃstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ |manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ ||
Our explanation Krishna goes on with the practice. Giving up completely all desires that arise from saṅkalpa (the planning will), and holding back the whole group of senses on every side by the mind alone, the meditator goes on as described in the next verse.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अभ्यास का वर्णन आगे करते हैं। संकल्प से उत्पन्न सब कामनाओं को पूरी तरह छोड़कर, और मन से ही इंद्रियों के समूह को हर ओर से वश में करके, साधक आगे वैसा करे जैसा अगले श्लोक में बताया गया है।
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- सङ्कल्पप्रभवान् saṅkalpaprabhavān · arising from saṅkalpa (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: saṃ-kalpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1126, col. 3 “conception or idea or notion formed in the mind or heart, (esp.) will, volition, desire, purpose”; pra-bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 2 “m. production, source, origin, cause of existence”
- कामान् kāmān · desires (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: kāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 271, col. 3 “wish, desire, longing”
- त्यक्त्वा tyaktvā · giving up (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. tyaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 456, col. 3 “to leave, abandon, quit”
- सर्वान् sarvān · all (adjective (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- अशेषतः aśeṣataḥ · completely (indeclinable) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “entirely, wholly”
- मनसा manasā · by the mind (noun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
- एव eva · alone (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
- इन्द्रियग्रामम् indriyagrāmam · the group of senses (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: indriya-grāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 “the assemblage of the organs, the senses or organs of sense collectively”
- विनियम्य viniyamya · holding back (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: vi-ni-yam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 970, col. 2 “to restrain, check, control, keep in check, regulate”
- समन्ततः samantataḥ · on every side (indeclinable) Dictionary: samanta-tas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1155, col. 1 “on all sides, around”
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- The printed edition reads: सङ्कल्पप्रभावान्कामांस्त्यक्त्बा सर्वानशेषतः ।
मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥ The print reads त्यक्त्बा, with ब (a closed box) for व; read as a wrong sort and corrected, because the same page prints व correctly in कृत्वा (6.25) and every other witness reads त्यक्त्वा ('having given up'). The print reads प्रभावान्, with an ā sign after भ; read as a printing flaw and corrected to प्रभवान्, because saṅkalpa-prabhava ('arising from the planning will') is the compound the line needs, both proofreading references read प्रभवान्, and Telang ('produced from') and Besant ('born of') both translate it. - Word The 1922 Madras printing reads: सङ्कल्पप्रभावान्कामांस्त्यक्त्बा सर्वानशेषतः The 1922 base printing (leaf n104) reads प्रभावान् (an added ā sign) and त्यक्त्बा (ब, a wrong sort, for व), both printing flaws; see normalisations. Sanskrit Wikisource spells सङ्कल्प with an anusvara (संकल्प), a spelling convention.
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 70.
Abandoning, without exception, all desires1, which are produced from fancies, and restraining the whole group of the senses on all sides by the mind only2, one should by slow steps become quiescent3, with a firm resolve coupled with courage4; and fixing his mind upon the self, should think of nothing.
This sentence covers verses 6.24 to 6.25.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) Compare 3 translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 70.
Abandoning, without exception, all desires1, which are produced from fancies, and restraining the whole group of the senses on all sides by the mind only2, one should by slow steps become quiescent3, with a firm resolve coupled with courage4; and fixing his mind upon the self, should think of nothing.
This sentence covers verses 6.24 to 6.25.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) You are reading this one
Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 69.
Abandoning without reserve all desires born of the imagination, by Manas curbing in the aggregate of the senses on every side,
This sentence goes on in 6.25.
You are reading this one
Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 132.
Abandoning without reserve all desires born of Sankalpa, and completely restraining, by the mind alone, the whole group of senses from their objects in all directions,
This sentence goes on in 6.25.
You are reading this one
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 70. Bhagavad Gita 6.24–25.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 69. Bhagavad Gita 6.24.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 132. Bhagavad Gita 6.24.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.24
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः ।
मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥
“Abandoning, without exception, all desires, which are produced from fancies, and restraining the whole group of the senses on all sides by the mind only, one should by slow steps become quiescent, with a firm resolve coupled with courage; and fixing his mind upon the self, should think of nothing.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 70, public domain)
This sentence covers verses 6.24 to 6.25.
“Abandoning without reserve all desires born of the imagination, by Manas curbing in the aggregate of the senses on every side,”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 69, public domain)
This sentence goes on in 6.25.
“Abandoning without reserve all desires born of Sankalpa, and completely restraining, by the mind alone, the whole group of senses from their objects in all directions,”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 132, public domain)
This sentence goes on in 6.25.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- Sanskrit text
- 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.
- Translation
- 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.
- Translation
- 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. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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