तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ |vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
- तानि · tāni
- them (the senses)
- सर्वाणि · sarvāṇi
- all
- संयम्य · saṃyamya
- having restrained
- युक्तः · yuktaḥ
- yoked, disciplined
- आसीत · āsīta
- let one sit, remain
- मत्परः · matparaḥ
- devoted to me, with me as the supreme aim
- वशे · vaśe
- under control
- हि · hi
- indeed
- यस्य · yasya
- whose
- इन्द्रियाणि · indriyāṇi
- senses
- तस्य · tasya
- his
- प्रज्ञा · prajñā
- wisdom
- प्रतिष्ठिता · pratiṣṭhitā
- is firmly established
“Restraining them all, the disciplined one should sit devoted to me. For whose senses are under control — such a one's wisdom stands firmly established.”
— Original plain-language translation
Restraint gets its anchor: matparaḥ, 'with me as supreme'. Willpower alone leaks (2.60); devotion plugs the leak by giving the mind somewhere higher to rest. Discipline plus devotion — the Gita's recurring formula — appears here in seed form.
— Reader's notes (original)