Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.67: Indriyanam hi charatam
Krishna says that when the mind runs after the wandering senses, it carries away a person's wisdom, the way the wind carries off a boat on the water.
Bhagavad Gita 2.67
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनु विधीयते ।तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
Indriyanam hi charatam yanmanonu vidhiyate
Tadasya harati prajnam vayurnavamivambhasi
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano’nu vidhīyate |
tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||
Our meaning Krishna says that when the mind runs after the wandering senses, it carries away a person's wisdom, the way the wind carries off a boat on the water.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जब मन विषयों में घूमती इंद्रियों के पीछे चलता है, तो वह बुद्धि को वैसे ही बहा ले जाता है जैसे हवा पानी में नाव को बहा ले जाती है।
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- इन्द्रियाणाम् indriyāṇām of the senses (noun (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2
faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense
- हि hi for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3
for, because, on account of
- चरताम् caratām roaming (present participle (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: car, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 389, col. 1
to move one's self, go, walk, move, stir, roam about, wander
- यत् yat which (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2
who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
- मनः manaḥ the mind (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3
mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)
- अनु anu after (indeclinable) Dictionary: 3. anu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 31, col. 1
after, along, alongside
- विधीयते vidhīyate is made to follow (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vi-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 967, col. 2
to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready
- तत् tat that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- अस्य asya his (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
- हरति harati carries away (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: hṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1302, col. 1
to take away, carry off, seize
- प्रज्ञाम् prajñām wisdom (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: pra-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 2
wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, judgment
- वायुः vāyuḥ the wind (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. vāyu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 942, col. 2
wind, air
- नावम् nāvam a boat (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. nau, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 571, col. 2
a ship, boat, vessel
- इव iva like (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3
like, in the same manner as
- अम्भसि ambhasi on the water (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: ambhas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 84, col. 1
water
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51.
For the heart which follows the rambling senses leads away his judgment, as the wind leads a boat astray upon the waters.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51.
For the heart which follows the rambling senses leads away his judgment, as the wind leads a boat astray upon the waters.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 37–38.
The Manas of him who yieldeth to the roving senses destroyeth the understanding, just as the gale (destroyeth) ships upon the waters.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 59.
For, the mind which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as a wind (carries away from its course) a boat on the waters.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.67
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनु विधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
“For the heart which follows the rambling senses leads away his judgment, as the wind leads a boat astray upon the waters.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“The Manas of him who yieldeth to the roving senses destroyeth the understanding, just as the gale (destroyeth) ships upon the waters.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“For, the mind which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as a wind (carries away from its course) a boat on the waters.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
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- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Sanskrit text
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
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