Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga, verse 24
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।
मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥
Say itsaṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ
manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ
Translation
Abandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides.
Swami Sivananda
By totally eschewing all desires that arise from thoughts and restraining all the organs with the mind from every side;
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restraining the mind from all the senses on all sides,
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
In order to renounce completely all desires that are born of intention, let a person restrain the group of sense-organs from all sides by mind alone.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Renouncing every desire that can be imagined, controlling the senses at every point through the power of the mind;
Shri Purohit Swami
संकल्पसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंका सर्वथा त्याग करके और मनसे ही इन्द्रिय-समूहको सभी ओरसे हटाकर।
Swami Ramsukhdas
संकल्प से उत्पन्न समस्त कामनाओं को नि:शेष रूप से परित्याग कर मन के द्वारा इन्द्रिय समुदाय को सब ओर से सम्यक् प्रकार वश में करके।
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.