Library·Bhagavad Gītā·6·6.26

Bhagavad Gītā 6.26

BG 6.26

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्

yato yato niśhcharati manaśh chañchalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmanyeva vaśhaṁ nayet

When the volatile and wavering mind wanders, let him restrain it and bring it back to its allegiance to the Self.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, let him restrain it from that and bring it under the control of the Self alone.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

yataḥ yataḥ—whenever and wherever; 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

Permanent address: hreem.cc/library/BG/6.26

Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 6.26, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/6.26), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

Edition, numbering and licence

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense)

Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

More about this text