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Bhagavad Gita 6.26

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yataḥ yataḥyataḥ yataḥwhenever and wherever
niśhcharatiniśhcharatiwanders
manaḥmanaḥthe mind
chañchalamchañchalamrestless
asthiramasthiramunsteady
tataḥ tataḥtataḥ tataḥfrom there
niyamyaniyamyahaving restrained
etatetatthis
ātmaniātmanion God
evaevacertainly
vaśhamvaśhamcontrol
nayetnayetshould bring

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.

यह चंचल और अस्थिर मन जिन कारणों से (विषयों में) विचरण करता है, उनसे संयमित करके उसे आत्मा के ही वश में लावे अर्थात् आत्मा में स्थिर करे।।