2.60 यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः
yatato hy
Word meanings
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)!
2.62 ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते
dhyāyato viṣayān
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dhyāyataḥ—contemplating;viṣhayān—sense objects;puṁsaḥ—of a person;saṅgaḥ—attachment;teṣhu—to them (sense objects);upajāyate—arises;saṅgāt—from attachment;sañjāyate—develops;kāmaḥ—desire;kāmāt—from desire;krodhaḥ—anger;abhijāyate—arises
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In a person meditating on sense-objects, attachment to them is born in succession; from attachment springs passion; from passion arises wrath.
When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger.
To a man thinking about sense-objects, there arises attachment to them; form attachment arises desire, from desire arises anger;
In the case of a person who dwells on objects, there arises attachment for them. From attachment grows hankering, from hankering springs anger.
When a man thinks of the objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment desire is born; from desire anger arises.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.61 तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः। वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
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Word meanings
tāni—them;sarvāṇi—all;sanyamya—subduing;yuktaḥ—united;āsīta—seated;mat-paraḥ—toward me (Shree Krishna);vaśhe—control;hi—certainly;yasya—whose;indriyāṇi—senses;tasya—their;prajñā—perfect knowledge;pratiṣhṭhitā—is fixed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Restraining the same organs by the mind, the master of Yoga would sit, making Me their goal; for the intellect of that person is stabilized whose sense-organs are under control.
Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection.
Having controlled all the senses, let him remain in contemplation, regarding Me as supreme; for, his knowledge is firmly set whose senses are under control.
Controlling all of them, one should remain concentrated on Me as the supreme. For, the wisdom of one whose organs are under control becomes steadfast.
Having restrained them all he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
