BG - 5.9

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

• pralapan - by talking
• visṛjan - by giving up
• gṛhṇan - by accepting
• unmiṣan - opening
• nimiṣan - closing
• api - in spite of
• indriyāṇi - the senses
• indriya-artheṣu - in sense gratification
• vartante - let them be so engaged
• iti - thus
• dhārayan - considering.

Translation

Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.

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