Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]There, making the mind one-pointed and the activities of mind and senses restrained, seated on that seat, let him practise yoga for self-purification.
BG 6.12
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः | उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ||१२||
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ | upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātmaviśuddhaye || 12 ||
"There on the seat — mind made one-pointed, senses restrained — practise yoga for the purification of the self."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]There, seated on that seat, making the mind one-pointed and subduing the action of the imaging faculty and the senses, let him practise Yoga for the purification of the heart.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]There, having made the mind one-pointed, with thought and senses subdued, seated on the seat, let him practise yoga for the purification of self.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Let him be seated on his seat, having made his mind one-pointed and the motions of the mind and senses controlled, and practise yoga for the purification of the heart.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Then, with mind fixed and heart subdued, let him, seated there, make the mind one-pointed, practising Yoga for the purification of the soul.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]There seated on the seat, fixing his mind on one point, and restraining the operations of his mind and senses, let him practise concentration for self-purification.