Chapter 2, Verse 67
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते। तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano'nuvidhīyate | tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||2.67||
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- इन्द्रियाणाम्
- of the senses
- हि
- indeed/for
- चरताम्
- wandering/roving (among their objects)
- यत्
- which
- मनः
- the mind
- अनुविधीयते
- follows/conforms to
- तत्
- that
- अस्य
- of him (the person)
- हरति
- carries away/steals
- प्रज्ञाम्
- discernment/wisdom
- वायुः
- the wind
- नावम्
- a boat/ship
- इव
- like
- अम्भसि
- on the water
Commentary
6y. For, the mind which yields to the roving senses carries away his knowledge, as the wind (carries away) a ship on water.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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- इन्द्रियाणाम्
- हि
- चरताम्
- यत्
- मनः
- अनुविधीयते
- तत्
- अस्य
- हरति
- प्रज्ञाम्
- वायुः
- नावम्
- इव
- अम्भसि
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