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“Steadiness begins when the senses stop running outward.”
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 ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
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Wisdom becomes stable when the senses are pulled back from the things they chase, just as a tortoise draws in its limbs.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "सांख्य योग" में।
श्लोक 58 भगवद् गीता के 2वें अध्याय में है — सांख्य योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 72 श्लोक हैं।
You open your phone to check one message, then three more tabs, then a video you did not mean to watch. The day starts leaking away the moment your attention keeps reaching outward.
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It shifts the mind from constant reaching to deliberate withdrawal from distraction.
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
On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen between duty and grief. 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
You open your phone to check one message, then three more tabs, then a video you did not mean to watch. The day starts leaking away the moment your attention keeps reaching outward.
“You do not need to chase every attraction. Real steadiness begins when attention comes home.”
संबंधित विषय: indriya nigraha (14 श्लोक)