Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 67

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 67

    इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते। तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    indriyāṇāṁ hi charatāṁ yan mano ’nuvidhīyate tadasya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi

    Translation

    For, when the mind follows the senses, experiencing their objects, his understanding is carried away by them, just as the wind carries away a ship on the waters.
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