Chapter 2 Overview
Verse 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः। वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśhe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 61
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: restraining the senses while staying focused on something higher isn't a one-time technique, it's a direction to keep returning to every time attention wanders.
In life: focus isn't something you achieve once and keep, it's something you keep re-choosing.
Teaching: expect to redirect your attention many times a day, every time, not as failure but as the actual practice itself.
tānithem
sarvāṇiall
sanyamyasubduing
yuktaḥunited
āsītaseated
mat-paraḥtoward me (Shree Krishna)
vaśhecontrol
hicertainly
yasyawhose
indriyāṇisenses
tasyatheir
prajñāperfect knowledge pratiṣhṭhitā
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
2.61 तानि them? सर्वाणि all? संयम्य having restrained? युक्तः joined? आसीत should sit? मत्परः intent on Me? वशे under control? हि indeed? यस्य whose? इन्द्रियाणि senses? तस्य his? प्रज्ञा wisdom? प्रतिष्ठिता is settled.Commentary He should control the senses and sit focussed on Me as the Supreme? with a calm mind. The wisdom of the Yogi who thus seated has brought all his senses under subjugation is doubtless ite steady. He is established in the Self. Sri Sankaracharya explains Asita Matparah as He should sit contemplating I am no other than He. (Cf.II.64).