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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् |

uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet .

6.5 One should raise oneself by one's Self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the Self alone is the friend of oneself, and the Self alone is the enemy of oneself.

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् |

amānitvamadambhitvamahiṃsā kṣāntirārjavam .

13.8 Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness, uprightness, service of the teacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control.

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः |

tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ .

6.12 There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते |

ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate .

9.22 For those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, for those ever-united, I secure what is not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

śrībhagavānuvāca .

6.35 The Blessed Lord said Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but by practice and by dispassion it may be restrained.

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते |

na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate .

4.38 Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it in the Self in time.

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना |

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā .

3.43 Thus knowing Him Who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to coner.