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yadā saḿharate cāyaḿ kūrmo ‘ńgānīva sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.58 One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its...

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaḿ raso ‘py asya paraḿ dṛṣṭvā nivartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.59 The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects...

yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaḿ manaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.60 The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a...

tāni sarvāṇi saḿyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.61 One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon...

dhyāyato viṣayān puḿsaḥ sańgas teṣūpajāyate sańgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ‘bhijāyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.62 While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and...

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraḿśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.63 From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When...

rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.64 But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through...

prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāḿ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.65 For one thus satisfied [in Krishna consciousness], the threefold miseries of material existence...

nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.66 One who is not connected with the Supreme [in Krishna consciousness] can have neither transcendental...

indriyāṇāḿ hi caratāḿ yan mano ‘nuvidhīyate tad asya harati prajñāḿ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.67 As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the...