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Bhagavad Gita 2.61

Chapter 2, verse 61

Meaning

Rein in all the senses, sit steady and collected, and make me your highest aim. When someone's senses answer to them, that person's wisdom stands firm.

The Sanskrit

तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ६१ ॥

tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

Say it

taa-ni sur-vaa-ni sum-yum-yuh yook-tuh aa-see-tuh mut-puh-ruh-hu
vuh-shay hi yuh-syen-dri-yaa-ni tuh-syuh pruj-nyaa pruh-tish-thi-taa

Word by word

tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya
having restrained all of them (the senses)
yuktaḥ āsīta
one should sit, disciplined and focused
mat-paraḥ
with me as the highest aim
vaśe hi yasya indriyāṇi
for one whose senses are under control
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
their wisdom stands firm
Read it in context: verses 2.61–64How one passing thought becomes a fallWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Catch the slide at the first step

Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.61 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.