Chapter 6 · Verse 24 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.24
Sanskrit
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
Transliteration
saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ
In plain words
You're exhausted from chasing what you think you need—the perfect outcome, the lost person, the security that keeps slipping away. Krishna says: the suffering isn't in what you want; it's in the grip itself, the constant mental noise demanding life be different than it is. When you gently gather your attention back to what you can actually control—your own breath, your own choices, your own presence—the endless wanting loses its power over you.
Word by Word
Krishna teaches the supreme art of spiritual mastery: the complete abandonment of desires born from the mind's restless impulses, followed by the gentle gathering of all senses under the sovereign rule of consciousness itself. This is not violence against desire, but the natural repose that comes when the mind recognizes its own slavery.
For the modern seeker drowning in endless wants, this verse offers liberation through a single practice—observe your impulses without judgment, then consciously redirect your life-force inward.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.24 — BG 6.24
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