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Bhagavad Gita 6.24

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।

saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
saṅkalpasaṅkalpaa resolve
prabhavānprabhavānborn of
kāmānkāmāndesires
tyaktvātyaktvāhaving abandoned
sarvānsarvānall
aśheṣhataḥaśheṣhataḥcompletely
manasāmanasāthrough the mind
evaevacertainly
indriya-grāmamindriya-grāmamthe group of senses
viniyamyaviniyamyarestraining
samantataḥsamantataḥfrom all sides

Abandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides.

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।।