BG 6.24

6.24 See Commentary under 6.25

6.24 Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restraining the mind from all the senses on all sides;

6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;

6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;

6.24. In order ot renounce completely all desires that are born of intention, let a person, restraining the group of sense-organs from all sides by mind alone;

6.24 Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restraining the mind from all the senses on all sides;

6.24 By totally eschewing all desires which arise from thoughts, and restraining with the mind itself all the organs from every side;

6.24 - 6.25 There are two kinds of desires: 1) those born of contact between the senses and objects like heat, cold etc.; 2) those generated by our mind (will) like that for sons, land etc. Of these, the latter type of desires are by their own nature relinishable. Relinishing all these by the mind through contemplation on their lack of association with the self; having relinished the ideas of pleasure and pain in respect of unavoidable desires resulting from contract; restraining all the senses on all sides, i.e., from contact with all their objects - one should think of nothing else, i.e., other than the self. Little by little 'with the help of intellect controlled by firm resolution,' i.e., by the power of discrimination, one should think of nothing else, having fixed the mind on the self.

6.24 See Comment under 6.25

6.24 See Commentary under 6.25

One should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with determination and faith and not be deviated from the path. One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of mental speculation and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind.