2.58 यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
yadā saṃharate c
Word meanings
yadā—when;sanharate—withdraw;cha—and;ayam—this;kūrmaḥ—tortoise;aṅgāni—limbs;iva—as;sarvaśhaḥ—fully;indriyāṇi—senses;indriya-arthebhyaḥ—from the sense objects;tasya—his;prajñā—divine wisdom;pratiṣhṭhitā—fixed in
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When he withdraws all his senses from sense-objects, just as a tortoise withdraws all its limbs, then he is declared to be a man of stabilized intellect.
He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell - take it that such a one has attained Perfection.
When one is able to draw his senses from the objects of sense on every side, as a tortoise draws in its limbs, then his wisdom is firmly set.
And when this one fully withdraws the senses from the objects of the senses, as a tortoise wholly (withdraws) the limbs, then his wisdom remains established.
When, like the tortoise which withdraws its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.
2.60 यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः
yatato hy
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yatataḥ—while practicing self-control;hi—for;api—even;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;puruṣhasya—of a person;vipaśhchitaḥ—one endowed with discrimination;indriyāṇi—the senses;pramāthīni—turbulent;haranti—carry away;prasabham—forcibly;manaḥ—the mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For, the turbulent sense-organs can forcibly carry away even the mind of this discerning person, O son of Kunti!
O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses.
The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, do carry away perforce the mind of even a wise man, though he is ever striving.
For, O son of Kunti, the turbulent organs violently snatch away the mind of an intelligent person, even while he is striving diligently.
The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, do violently carry away the mind of a wise man though he be striving (to control them)!
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.59 विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते
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viṣhayāḥ—objects for senses;vinivartante—restrain;nirāhārasya—practicing self restraint;dehinaḥ—for the embodied;rasa-varjam—cessation of taste;rasaḥ—taste;api—however;asya—person’s;param—the Supreme;dṛiṣhṭvā—on realization;nivartate—ceases to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Leaving their taste behind, the sense-objects retreat from the embodied one who abstains from food; his taste too disappears when he beholds the Supreme.
The objects of sense turn from him who is abstemious. Even the relish for them is lost in him who has seen the Truth.
The objects of senses, excepting relish for the objects, turn away from the abstinent dweller in the body. Even the relish turns away from him when what is supreme over the senses i.e., the self, is seen.
The objects recede from an abstinent man, with the exception of the taste (for them). Even the taste of this person falls away after realization the Absolute.
The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing (behind); but his longing also turns away on seeing the Supreme.
