Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 26 – Krishna and Arjuna

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 26

|| श्रीमद्भगवद्‌ गीता  6.26 ||

Sanskrit Shloka

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्।।6.26।।

Transliteration

yato yato niśhcharati manaśh chañchalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmanyeva vaśhaṁ nayet

Word Meanings

yataḥ yataḥ—whenever and wherever; niśhcharati—wanders; manaḥ—the mind; chañchalam—restless; asthiram—unsteady; tataḥ tataḥ—from there; niyamya—having restrained; etat—this; ātmani—on God; eva—certainly; vaśham—control; nayet—should bring

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