Bhagavad Gita · 2.67
॥
Devanāgarī
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yan mano 'nuvidhīyate |
tad asya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इन्द्रियाणाम्indriyāṇāmof the senses.
हिhitruly.
चरताम्caratāmwandering, roaming.
यत्yatwhich.
मनःmanaḥthe mind.
अनुविधीयतेanuvidhīyatefollows, submissively follows.
तत्tatthat [mind].
अस्यasyahis [the person’s].
हरतिharaticarries away, seizes.
प्रज्ञाम्prajñāmintelligence, wisdom, the power of discernment.
वायुःvāyuḥthe wind.
नावम्nāvama boat, a ship.
इवivaas, like.
अम्भसिambhasion the water.
Translation
“Truly, just as a strong wind carries away a boat on the open sea, so too the mind that submissively follows even one of the wandering senses carries away a person’s intelligence.”
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