Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
दम Self-control
The senses guided, not driving. Linked to 17 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 3.42
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ॥indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ
They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the intellect.
manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ - 3.43
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā sanstabhyātmānam ātmanā
Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer.
jahi śhatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam - 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet
One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self alone is one's own friend, and the self alone is one's own enemy.
ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ - 17.16
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, and purity of nature—this is called mental austerity.
bhāva-sanśhuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam uchyate - 3.7
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna
But whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, without attachment, he excels.
karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśhiṣhyate