Word meanings
- saṅkalpa
- a resolve
- prabhavān
- born of
- kāmān
- desires
- tyaktvā
- having abandoned
- sarvān
- all
- aśeṣataḥ
- completely
- manasā
- through the mind
- eva
- certainly
- indriya-grāmam
- the group of senses
- viniyamya
- restraining
- samantataḥ
- from all sides
Translations
Abandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides.
Renouncing every desire that can be imagined, controlling the senses at every point through the power of the mind;
By totally eschewing all desires that arise from thoughts and restraining all the organs with the mind from every side;
संकल्पसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंका सर्वथा त्याग करके और मनसे ही इन्द्रिय-समूहको सभी ओरसे हटाकर।Commentary
Without reserve The mind is so diplomatic that it keeps certain desires for its secret gratification. Therefore you should completely abandon all desires without reservation. Desire is born of imagination (Sankalpa). Therefore destroy the Sankalpa first. If the imagination is annihilated first then the desires will die by themselves. Mark here All the senses must be controlled from all sides by the mind. Even if one sense is turbulent in one direction it will distract the mind often and often.
The senses will be absorbed in the mind by the constant practice of abstraction (Pratyahara). Then the mind will not think of the objects of sensepleasure and will become perfectly calm. That mind which is endowed with a strong discrimination and dispassion will be able to control the whole ground (or group) of the senses from their objects in all directions. Therefore cultivate strong Viveka or discrimination between the Real and the unreal and also Vairagya or total dispassion for sensual pleasures.
(Cf.II.62)