Bhagavad-gītā 6.24
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सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ
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;
English rendering by Swami Swarupananda. Public domain first edition, 1909.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| 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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Original school explanation. Written independently from the Sanskrit word map. It is not a quotation, translation, or summary of a named modern commentary. Chapter lens: Sequence preparation, discipline, mind, meditation, difficulty, failure and the chapter’s final comparison of yogīs.
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Abandoning without reserve all desires born of Sankalpa
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completely restraining, by the mind alone, the whole group of senses from their objects in all directions
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saṅkalpa: a resolve
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