BG - 2.58

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.58।।

yadā sanharate chāyaṁ kūrmo ’ṅgānīva sarvaśhaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā

• yadā - when
• sanharate - withdraw
• cha - and
• ayam - this
• kūrmaḥ - tortoise
• aṅgāni - limbs
• iva - as
• sarvaśhaḥ - fully
• indriyāṇi - senses
• indriya-arthebhyaḥ - from the sense objects
• tasya - his
• prajñā - divine wisdom
• pratiṣhṭhitā - fixed in

Translation

When, like the tortoise which withdraws all its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.

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