tasmat -- therefore; sarva-atmana -- in all respects; tata -- My dear Uddhava; nigrihana -- bring under control; manah -- the mind; dhiya -- with intelligence; mayi -- in Me; avesitaya -- which is absorbed; yuktah -- linked up; etavan -- thus; yoga-sangrahah -- the essence of spiritual practice.

My dear Uddhava, fixing your intelligence on Me, you should thus completely control the mind. This is the essence of the science of yoga.