Verse 61

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In plain words

Having restrained them all, one should remain collected, intent on Me; for one whose senses are under control has wisdom firmly established.

Word for word

Having restrained them all, one should sit collected, intent on Me; for whose senses are under control, his wisdom is firmly set.

Sri Satchitananda Sai
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The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam

यतः तस्मात् —

तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य संयमनं वशीकरणं कृत्वा युक्तः समाहितः सन् आसीत मत्परः अहं वासुदेवः सर्वप्रत्यगात्मा परो यस्य सः मत्परः, ‘न अन्योऽहं तस्मात्’ इति आसीत इत्यर्थः । एवमासीनस्य यतेः वशे हि यस्य इन्द्रियाणि वर्तन्ते अभ्यासबलात् तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ६१ ॥

In plain words

Since that is so — therefore:

'Having restrained' all these senses, having actually brought them under control, disciplined, composed — one should remain 'with Me as the supreme.' I, Vāsudeva, am the one inward Self of every being, the highest; and someone for whom that is true is said to have 'Me as the supreme.' He should simply abide in this: 'I am not other than That.' That is the meaning. For a striver who remains established like this, whose senses stay under control through the sheer strength of sustained practice, his wisdom becomes firmly established.

Close to the Sanskrit

Since (yataḥ) — therefore (tasmāt) —

'Having restrained' — having performed the restraint, the subjugation of — 'all those' [senses], 'disciplined,' composed, being so, 'one should remain' 'having Me as the supreme' — I, Vāsudeva, the inward Self of all, am the supreme, of whom [that is true]; he is 'having Me as the supreme' — [thinking] 'I am not other than That,' thus one should remain: such is the meaning. Of the striver thus abiding, whose senses indeed remain under control by the strength of practice, his wisdom is established. [End of commentary on verse 61.]