In Gita 13.12 is there any difference between atma-vinigrahah and indriyartheshu vairagya?

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Hare Krishna.
Question from Karunasundar Prabhu. In the twenty items of knowledge mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, several seem similar. For example, Indriyartheshvairagyam and Atmavinigraha seem very similar.
Is there a difference between them? Yes. They are similar because the same direction is being pointed in both. But Baldevindravachan’s commentary explains that Atmavinigraha, here the word Atma refers to the mind and Atmavinigraha means restraint or control of the mind.
And Indriyartheshvairagyam, Indriyarthesh, sense object. Vairagyam is detachment. So, he says that, in the first case, it’s an ascending process which Krishna is describing.
And the first case he says that, one, there is opposition, but one restrains the mind and doesn’t let it dwell on the sense objects because knowing that they are obstacles in the path of Self-realization. But when one comes to Vairagyam, Indriyarthesh, at that time, actually one has developed a lack of taste or a distaste for the sense objects. One has lost taste for the sense objects.
So, in the first case, there is, the mind is attached to sense objects, but one drags it away, Vinigraha. So, Indriyarthesh, Atmavinigraha, that means, actually one is, there is opposition, but one is controlling. Whereas, Vairagyam means, one has developed an attachment by which one no longer has the taste for the sense enjoyment.
So, this is a procreation that will happen. And in that, actually, if we let the mind dwell on the sense objects, then as we know, Dhyayatam Shyamputsa Sangas Teshu Pajayate, by contemplation, attachment will develop. But if one avoids the contemplation by Atmavinigraha, and later on as it will be described, Maichanandi Yogena Vaktirabdhi Pichareni, fix the mind in Krishna, then what will happen by that is, Indriyarthesh Vairagyam, one will lose taste in your delighting in sense or gratification.
That’s how they are a progression. They are related, but they are progressing. Thank you.
Hare Krishna.