2.67 इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते। तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yan
Word meanings
indriyāṇām—of the senses;hi—indeed;charatām—roaming;yat—which;manaḥ—the mind;anuvidhīyate—becomes constantly engaged;tat—that;asya—of that;harati—carries away;prajñām—intellect;vāyuḥ—wind;nāvam—boat;iva—as;ambhasi—on the water
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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That mind, which is directed to follow the wandering sense-organs—that mind carries away his knowledge just as the wind carries away a ship on the waters.
As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses.
For, when the mind follows the senses experiencing their objects, his understanding is carried away by them as the wind carries away a ship on the waters.
For, the mind which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, that (mind) carries away his wisdom like the mind (diverting) a boat on the waters.
For the mind which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination as the wind (carries away) a boat on the waters.
2.69 या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी। यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः
yā niśā sarva
Word meanings
yā—which;niśhā—night;sarva-bhūtānām—of all living beings;tasyām—in that;jāgarti—is awake;sanyamī—self-controlled;yasyām—in which;jāgrati—are awake;bhūtāni—creatures;sā—that;niśhā—night;paśhyataḥ—see;muneḥ—sage
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What is night for every other being, in that a man of self-restraint is awake; wherein every other being is awake, that is night for the sage who sees the truth.
The saint is awake when the world sleeps, and he ignores that for which the world lives.
What is night for all beings, in it the controlled one is awake; when all beings are awake, that is the night to the sage who sees.
The self-restrained man keeps awake during that which is night for all creatures. That during which creatures keep awake, it is night to the seeing sage.
That which is night to all beings, then the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.68 तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
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Word meanings
tasmāt—therefore;yasya—whose;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;nigṛihītāni—restrained;sarvaśhaḥ—completely;indriyāṇi—senses;indriya-arthebhyaḥ—from sense objects;tasya—of that person;prajñā—transcendental knowledge;pratiṣhṭhitā—remains fixed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, O mighty-armed one, the intellect of that person is stabilized, all of whose sense-organs, starting from the sense-objects, have been well restrained.
Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it that his reason is purified.
Therefore, O mighty-armed, he whose senses are restrained from going after their objects on all sides, his wisdom is firmly set.
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, this wisdom becomes established whose organs in all their varieties are withdrawn from their objects.
Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense-objects!
