Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 68
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
Say ittasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛihītāni sarvaśhaḥ
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā
Translation
Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense objects.
Swami Sivananda
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, this wisdom becomes established when all its senses are withdrawn from their objects.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, he whose senses are restrained from going after their objects on all sides, his wisdom is firmly established.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, the intellect of that person is stabilized, all of whose sense-organs, starting from the sense-objects, have been well restrained.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Therefore, O Mighty-Armed One, he whose senses are detached from their objects—take it that his reason is purified.
Shri Purohit Swami
इसलिये हे महाबाहो ! जिस मनुष्यकी इन्द्रियाँ इन्द्रियोंके विषयोंसे सर्वथा निगृहीत (वशमें की हुई) हैं, उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इसलिये? हे महाबाहो जिस पुरुष की इन्द्रियाँ सब प्रकार इन्द्रियों के विषयों के वश में की हुई होती हैं? उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर होती है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.