- 2.60
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।
इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥ
The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ - 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ
Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
vaśhe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā - 2.64
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati - 6.18
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते।
निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhate
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.
niḥspṛihaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ityuchyate tadā - 6.25
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।
आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥śhanaiḥ śhanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛiti-gṛihītayā
Little by little, let him attain steadiness of the intellect by holding it firmly; having made the mind establish itself in the Self, let him not think of anything else.
ātma-sansthaṁ manaḥ kṛitvā na kiñchid api chintayet - 6.26
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्।
ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥yato yato niśhcharati manaśh chañchalam asthiram
From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, let him restrain it from that and bring it under the control of the Self alone.
tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmanyeva vaśhaṁ nayet