Indriya Nigraha in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to indriya nigraha, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 2.58Steadiness begins when the senses stop running outward.
• 2.64Freedom comes from meeting experience without attraction or aversion.
• 2.66Without inner discipline, even happiness has no place to stand.
• 2.68Steady wisdom begins when the senses stop ruling your attention.
• 3.6Outer restraint means nothing if the mind still feeds desire.
• 3.7Self-mastery makes action noble, not the outer task alone.
• 3.41Sense-control comes before clear action.
• 4.27Knowledge turns self-control into a fire that consumes every impulse.
• 4.39Trust, discipline, and restraint make room for peace.
• 5.28Freedom begins where desire, fear, and anger lose authority.
• 6.12Meditation begins by gathering the mind and training the senses.
• 12.4Reach the divine by mastering yourself and caring for everyone.
• 12.5The subtlest path is hardest for a body-bound mind.
• 18.51Purified resolve cuts the pull of craving and aversion.