यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् |
ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ||६-२६||
yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram . tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṃ nayet ||6-26||
।।6.26।। 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।।
6.26 यतःयतः from whatever cause? निश्चरति wanders away? मनः mind? चञ्चलम् restless? अस्थिरम् unsteady? ततःततः from that? नियम्य having restrained? एतत् this? आत्मनि in the Self? एव alone? वशम् (under) control? नयेत् let (him) bring.Commentary In this verse the Lord gives the method to control the mind. Just as you drag the bull again and again to your house when it runs out? so also you will have to drag the mind to your point or centre or Lakshya again and again when it runs towards the externa
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।6.26।।इस प्रकार मनको आत्मामें स्थित करनेमें लगा हुआ योगी स्वाभाविक दोषके कारण जो अत्यन्त चञ्चल है तथा इसीलिये जो अस्थिर है ऐसा मन जिसजिस शब्दादि विषयके निमित्तसे विचलित होता है बाहर जाता है उसउस शब्दादि विषयरूप निमित्तसे ( इस मनको ) रोककर एवं उसउस विषयरूप निमित्तको यथार्थ तत्त्वनिरूपणद्वारा आभासमात्र दिखाकर वैराग्यकी भावनासे इस मनका ( बारंबार ) आत्मामें ही निरोध करे अर्थात् इसे आत्माके ही वशीभूत किया करे। इस प्रकार योगाभ्यासके बलसे योगीका मन आत्मामें ही शान्त हो जाता है।
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6.26 (The yogi) should bring (this mind) under the subjugation of the Self Itself, by restraining it from all those causes whatever due to which the restless, unsteady mind wanders away.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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