Sanskrit · Devanagari
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते। तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano.anuvidhīyate tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882as the wind leads a boat astray upon the waters.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.67।। इन्द्रियाणां हि यस्मात् चरतां स्वस्वविषयेषु प्रवर्तमानानां यत् मनः अनुविधीयते अनुप्रवर्तते तत् इन्द्रियविषयविकल्पनेन प्रवृत्तं मनः अस्य यतेः हरति प्रज्ञाम् आत्मानात्मविवेकजां नाशयति। कथम् वायुः नावमिव अम्भसि उदके जिगमिषतां मार्गादुद्धृत्य उन्मार्गे यथा वायुः नावं प्रवर्तयति एवमात्मविषयां प्रज्ञां हृत्वा मनो विषयविषयां करोति।।यततो हि इत्युपन्यस्तस्यार्थस्य अनेकधा उपपत्तिमुक्त्वा तं चार्थमुपपाद्य उपसंहरति
04686d98a0e5…Rāmānuja
2.67 That mind, which is allowed by a person to be submissive to, i.e., allowed to go after the senses which go on operating, i.e., experiencing sense-objects, such a mind loses its inclination towards the pure self. The meaning is that it gets inclined towards sense-objects. Just as a contrary wind forcibly carries away a ship moving on the waters, in the name manner wisdon also is carried away from such a mind. [The idea is that the pursuit of sense pleasures dulls one's spiritual inclination, and the mind ultimately succumbs to them unresisting.]
63c79fc638cb…Swami Sivananda
2.67 इन्द्रियाणाम् senses? हि for? चरताम् wandering? यत् which? मनः mind? अनुविधीयते follows? तत् that? अस्य his? हरति carries away? प्रज्ञाम् discrimination? वायुः the wind? नावम् boat? इव like? अम्भसि in the water.Commentary The mind which constantly dwells on the sensual objects and moves in company with the senses destroys altogether the discrimination of the man. Just as the wind carries away a boat from its course? so also the mind carries away the aspirant from his spiritual path and turns,him towards the objects of the senses.
d7cc258d6d6b…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.