BG 6.24

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः ।
मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥
saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāṁs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ
manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ

Word-for-word meanings

tyaktvā — abandoning;  aśeṣataḥ — completely;  sarvān — all;  kāmān — desires;  prabhavān — born of;  saṅkalpa — volition;  viniyamya — one should fully restrain;  indriya-grāmam — all the senses;  samantataḥ — from all sides;  manasā eva — by the mind alone.

Translation

Abandoning completely all desires born of volition, one should fully restrain all the senses from all sides by the mind alone.

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