6.24

Sanskrit

सङ्कल्पप्रभावान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः । मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥

saṅkalpaprabhavān kāmāṃs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ

Translation

Abandoning without reserve all desires born of the imagination, by the mind curbing in the aggregate of the senses on every side,

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

The instruction resumes its practical register, returning to sankalpa — last addressed at verses 2 and 4 — as the origin point of desire: desires are said to be born from that projecting will. The method specified is the mind restraining the senses “from every side,” a total rather than selective withdrawal.