Shloka 24
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
सम्बन्ध-- अब दो श्लोकोर्में उसी स्थितिकी प्राप्तिके लिये अभेदरूपसे परमात्माके ध्यानयोगका साधन करनेकी रीति बतलाते हैं-- संकल्पप्रभवान् कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषत: । मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः,संकल्पसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंको नि:ःशेषरूपसे त्यागकर्रा और मनके द्वारा इन्द्रियोंके समुदायको सभी ओरसे भलीभाँति रोककर£४। क्रम- क्रमसे अभ्यास करता हुआ उपरतिको प्राप्त हो तथा धैर्ययुक्त बुद्धिके द्वारा मनको परमात्मामें स्थित करके परमात्माके सिवा और कुछ भी चिन्तन न करे
arjuna uvāca | saṅkalpaprabhavān kāmāṁs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ | manasaivendriyagrāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ ||
Having completely abandoned all desires that arise from mental projections, and restraining on every side the whole host of senses by the mind alone, one should enter upon the path of inner discipline.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desires originate in saṅkalpa—mental constructions and projections. Spiritual discipline begins by renouncing such cravings completely and bringing the senses under the governance of the mind, establishing ethical self-mastery as the basis for meditation.
In the Bhīṣma Parva dialogue on the battlefield, Arjuna speaks within the ongoing instruction on meditation (dhyāna-yoga), articulating the practical method: abandon desire at its root and restrain the senses through the mind to prepare for steady contemplation.