Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Having restrained all the senses, let him sit in yoga intent on Me; for one whose senses are under control, his wisdom is firm.
BG 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः । वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ | vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
"Control all senses, sit in yoga focused on the Supreme — that one's wisdom stands unshakable."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Having restrained them all, let him sit in yoga intent on Me; for his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Therefore, having restrained all the senses, let him sit down in yoga, intent on Me; for his understanding is steady whose senses are under control.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Let him sit, mastering them, fixed on Me, Resting upon Me his highest hope; for who Is Master of his senses, hath a mind Firm-fixed, and still.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Having restrained all these, let him sit down in yoga, intent on Me; for whose senses are subdued, his wisdom is firm.