Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.68: Tasmadyasya mahabaho
So, Krishna says, the person whose senses are fully held back from their objects has wisdom that is firmly set.
Bhagavad Gita 2.68
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
Tasmadyasya mahabaho nigrihitani sarvashah
Indriyanindriyarthebhyastasya prajna pratishthita
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
Our meaning So, Krishna says, the person whose senses are fully held back from their objects has wisdom that is firmly set.
हिंदी अर्थ इसलिए, कृष्ण कहते हैं, जिसकी इंद्रियाँ सब प्रकार से विषयों से रोकी हुई हैं, उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है।
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- तस्मात् tasmāt therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tasmāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 2
from that, on that account, therefore
- यस्य yasya whose (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2
who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
- महाबाहो mahābāho O mighty-armed one (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: mahā-bāhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 798, col. 1
long-armed
- निगृहीतानि nigṛhītāni held back (past participle (neuter), nominative plural) Dictionary: ni-gṛhīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 546, col. 1
held down or back, seized, caught, checked
- सर्वशः sarvaśaḥ fully, on all sides (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvaśas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2
wholly, completely, entirely, thoroughly, collectively, altogether
- इन्द्रियाणि indriyāṇi the senses (noun (neuter), nominative plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2
faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense
- इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः indriyārthebhyaḥ from the objects of sense (compound (masculine), ablative plural) Dictionary: indriyārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2
an object of sense (as sound, smell, &c.)
- तस्य tasya his (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- प्रज्ञा prajñā wisdom (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 2
wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, judgment
- प्रतिष्ठिता pratiṣṭhitā is firmly set (past participle (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: prati-ṣṭhita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 671, col. 3
standing, stationed, placed, situated in or on
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51.
Therefore, O you of mighty arms! his mind is steady whose senses are restrained on all sides from objects of sense.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51.
Therefore, O you of mighty arms! his mind is steady whose senses are restrained on all sides from objects of sense.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 38.
Therefore, O mighty-armed, whose senses are all completely restrained from their objects of sense, of him the understanding is well-poised.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 59–60.
Therefore, O mighty-armed, he whose senses are completely restrained from their objects, his knowledge is steady.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.68
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
“Therefore, O you of mighty arms! his mind is steady whose senses are restrained on all sides from objects of sense.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“Therefore, O mighty-armed, whose senses are all completely restrained from their objects of sense, of him the understanding is well-poised.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“Therefore, O mighty-armed, he whose senses are completely restrained from their objects, his knowledge is steady.”
(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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