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इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
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जिस तरह कछुआ अपने अङ्गोंको सब ओरसे समेट लेता है, ऐसे ही जिस कालमें यह कर्मयोगी इन्द्रियोंके विषयोंसे इन्द्रियोंको सब प्रकारसे समेट लेता हटा लेता है, तब उसकी बुद्धि प्रतिष्ठित हो जाती है ॥
— Krishna
भगवद् गीता · 2.58
अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद
When this one draws the senses fully back from sense-objects, like a tortoise withdrawing its limbs, wisdom is steady.
A tortoise pulling in its limbs is Krishna's picture of senses drawn back from their objects.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Wisdom becomes stable when the senses are pulled back from the things they chase, just as a tortoise draws in its limbs.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna has been describing the person whose understanding no longer wavers. Here he gives the image: like a tortoise, the wise one draws the senses away from their objects, and the mind becomes steady.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
The week before exams, a student walks past the cricket match, the cinema and the chai stall. She is drawing her senses in like a tortoise, for now, so her mind can stay on the work.
“You do not need to chase every attraction. Real steadiness begins when attention comes home.”
संबंधित विषय: indriya nigraha (14 श्लोक)