yataḥ yataḥ–Whatever objects; chañchalam–the fickle; asthiram–unsteady; manaḥ–mind; niśchalati–pursues; etat–this mind; niyamya– should be withdrawn; tataḥ tataḥ–from those objects; vaśam nayet–and should be subjugated; ātmani eva–within the self alone. [26]

The wavering and unsteady mind should be brought back from whatever mundane objects it pursues,and be held within the self alone.