Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders off, from there one should restrain it and bring it back under the control of the Self alone.
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् | ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ||६-२६||
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
- Author
- Krishna
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter
- Bhagavad Gita 6.26
- Verse / page
- BG.6.26
- Topics
- MeditationMindSelf-Discipline
Same theme, different voices
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.
Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.
If the soul is to know God, it must forget itself and lose itself, for as long as it contemplates self, it cannot contemplate God.