Bhagavad Gita 2.61तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 2.54Arjuna said, "O Krishna, what is the description of one who has steady wisdom and is…
• 2.55The Blessed Lord said, "When a man completely casts off, O Arjuna, all the desires of the…
• 2.56He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not long for pleasures, and is free…
• 2.57He who is everywhere without attachment, upon encountering anything good or bad, neither…
• 2.58When, like the tortoise which withdraws all its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his…
• 2.59The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing behind;…
• 2.60The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even…

• 2.61Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady…

• 2.62When one thinks of objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment, desire is born;…
• 2.63Anger leads to delusion, which causes loss of memory; this, in turn, leads to the…
• 2.64But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from…
• 2.65In that peace, all pains are destroyed; for the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon…
• 2.66There is no knowledge of the Self for the unsteady, and no meditation is possible for the…
• 2.67For the mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his…
• 2.68Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely…
• 2.69That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all…
• 2.70He attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled…
• 2.71That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing,…
• 2.72O son of Pritha, this is the eternal state, the Brahmic seat. Attaining this, one is not…

hi

certainly

tasya

their

tāni

them

yasya

whose

vaśhe

control

āsīta

seated

prajñā

perfect knowledge pratiṣhṭhitā

sanyamya

subduing

yuktaḥ

united

sarvāṇi

all

mat-paraḥ

toward me (Shree Krishna)

indriyāṇi

senses