BG - 2.60

यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।

yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ

• yatataḥ - while practicing self-control
• hi - for
• api - even
• kaunteya - Arjun, the son of Kunti
• puruṣhasya - of a person
• vipaśhchitaḥ - one endowed with discrimination
• indriyāṇi - the senses
• pramāthīni - turbulent
• haranti - carry away
• prasabham - forcibly
• manaḥ - the mind

Translation

The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.

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