Gita Verse 6.26

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 26

Sanskrit Verse

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्।

ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्।।6.26।।

Transliteration

yato yato niśhcharati manaśh chañchalam asthiram

tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmanyeva vaśhaṁ nayet

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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.

See also: Commandments in Bhagavad Gita

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 6