Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 26
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 6 श्लोक 26

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



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
6.26. By whatever things the shaky and unsteady mind goes astray, from those things let him restrain it and bring it back to the control of the Self alone.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
6.26 See Comment under 6.28


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 6.26Yato yato nishcharati manashchanchalamasthiram;
Tatastato niyamyaitad aatmanyeva vasham nayet.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 6.26yataḥ 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