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6.24Krishna
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सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः ।मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥

saṅkalpaprabhavān kāmāṃs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ |manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ ||

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान् · saṅkalpaprabhavān
born of planning will
कामान् · kāmān
desires
त्यक्त्वा · tyaktvā
having abandoned
सर्वान् · sarvān
all
अशेषतः · aśeṣataḥ
without remainder
विनियम्य · viniyamya
having restrained

Abandoning all desires born of planning will without remainder, restraining on every side the whole host of senses by the mind —

Original plain-language translation

Practice instructions resume with totality stressed twice: all desires, without remainder. The mind governs the senses rather than serving them. The sentence completes in 6.25 with gradual settling.

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