Sanskrit · Devanagari
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The boisterous senses, O son of Kuntī! carry away by force the mind even of a wise man, who exerts himself (for final emancipation).
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.60।। यततः प्रयत्नं कुर्वतः अपि हि यस्मात् कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः मेधाविनः अपि इति व्यवहितेन संबन्धः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि प्रमथनशीलानि विषयाभिमुखं हि पुरुषं विक्षोभयन्ति आकुलीकुर्वन्ति आकुलीकृत्य च हरन्ति प्रसभं प्रसह्य प्रकाशमेव पश्यतो विवेकविज्ञानयुक्तं मनः ।।यतः तस्मात्
80baf92ef5ec…Rāmānuja
2.60 Except by the experience of the self, the hankering for objects will not go away. When the hankering for the sense-objects does not go away, the senses of even a wise man, though he is ever striving to subdue them, become refractory, i.e., become violent and carry away perforce the mind. Thus, the subduing of the senses depends on the vision of the self, and the vision of the self depends on the subduing of the senses. Conseently, i.e., because of this mutual dependence, firm devotion to knowledge is difficult to achieve.
52ed955199f4…Swami Sivananda
2.60 यततः of the striving? हि indeed? अपि even? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya (son of Kunti)? पुरुषस्य of man? विपश्चितः (of the) wise? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? प्रमाथीनि turbulent? हरन्ति carry away? प्रसभम् violently? मनः the mind.Commentary The aspirant should first bring the senses under his control. The senses are like horses. If you keep the horses under your perfect control you can reach your destinaton safely. Turbulent horses will throw you down on the way. Even so the turbulent senses will hurl you down into the objects of the senses and you cannot reach your spiritual destination? viz.? Param Dhama (the supreme abode) or the abode of eternal peace and immortality or Moksha (final liberation). (Cf.III.33V.14).
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