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Chapter 2 · Verse 61 · Sankhya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 2.61

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Sanskrit

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

Transliteration

tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśhe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā

In plain words

You're drowning in too many directions at once — your mind pulled by fear, your body pulled by craving, your heart pulled by what you can't control. Krishna says: gather yourself back. The scattered mind cannot heal, cannot decide, cannot love well. When you return to yourself — even for one conscious breath — wisdom becomes possible again.

Word by Word

tāni them
sarvāṇi all
sanyamya subduing
yuktaḥ united
āsīta seated
mat-paraḥ toward me (Shree Krishna)
vaśhe control
hi certainly
yasya whose
indriyāṇi senses
tasya their
prajñā perfect knowledge pratiṣhṭhitā
Simplified Perspective

When the senses are gathered like wild horses into the chariot of conscious mastery, the intellect finds its unshakeable foundation. This is not suppression but sacred alignment — turning every sense-faculty toward the Divine presence within.

In our scattered age of endless stimulation, this verse invites us to reclaim our sensory experience as a gateway to profound wisdom, not as a prison of distraction.

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Bhagavad Gita 2.61 — BG 2.61

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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