Control in the Bhagavad Gita — 2 verses across Chapter 1, including 2.61, 2.64. Sanskrit, Hindi, English. One reel per verse.
v2.61· Krishna
2.60 warned you. Here is the actual answer.
Having restrained all of them, one should sit in yoga, intent on Me alone. For one whose senses are under control — that one's wisdom stands firmly established.
“Restraint alone will not hold
against a force that strong.
You need something to anchor on —
not emptiness,
not willpower alone,
but Me.
Mat-parah.
Intent on the one thing
strong enough to hold.”
After the chain of ruin — here is what freedom actually looks like.
But the self-controlled one, moving among sense objects with senses free from attachment and aversion, mastered by one's own will — that one attains inner clarity.
“The world was never the enemy.
Craving was.
Aversion was.
Walk through the same world,
engage the same senses —
but let neither pull
nor push you.
That is where grace begins.”
The Bhagavad Gita addresses control across 2 verses in Chapter 1. Having restrained all of them, one should sit in yoga, intent on Me alone. For one whose senses are under control — that one's wisdom stands firmly established. As Krishna puts it: "Restraint alone will not hold
against a force that strong.
You need something to anchor on —
not emptiness,
not willpower alone,
but Me.
Mat-parah.
Intent on the one thing
strong enough to hold."
Which verses of the Gita are about control?
Verse 2.61, Verse 2.64 in Chapter 1 (Arjun Vishad Yoga) all engage with control. Each is presented in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English at thegitauniverse.com.
Who speaks about control in the Bhagavad Gita?
1 different speakers in Chapter 1 invoke control: Krishna. The verses span the opening dialogue between Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan, Bhishma, Arjun, and Krishna.