Chapter 6, Verse 26
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्।।6.26।।
yato yato niścarati manaścañcalam asthiram. tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet.6.26.
Word by word
- yataḥ yataḥ
- from wherever, wherever
- niścarati
- wanders forth / goes out
- manaḥ
- the mind
- cañcalam
- restless, flickering
- asthiram
- unsteady
- tataḥ tataḥ
- from that, from that (i.e., from each such point)
- niyamya
- having restrained/controlled
- etat
- this (mind)
- ātmani
- in the Self
- eva
- alone/only
- vaśam
- control, subjugation
- nayet
- one should lead/bring
Commentary
26. By whatever cause the wavering^ and unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it back direct under the control of the Self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yataḥ yataḥ
niścarati
manaḥ
cañcalam
asthiram
tataḥ tataḥ
niyamya
etat
ātmani
eva
vaśam
nayet
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