BG - 2.67

इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते। तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।

indriyāṇāṁ hi charatāṁ yan mano ’nuvidhīyate tadasya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi

• indriyāṇām - of the senses
• hi - indeed
• charatām - roaming
• yat - which
• manaḥ - the mind
• anuvidhīyate - becomes constantly engaged
• tat - that
• asya - of that
• harati - carries away
• prajñām - intellect
• vāyuḥ - wind
• nāvam - boat
• iva - as
• ambhasi - on the water

Translation

For the mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as the wind carries away a boat on the waters.

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