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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.67

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.67 · 2 · Verse 67

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।।2.67।। इन्द्रियाणां हि यस्मात् चरतां स्वस्वविषयेषु प्रवर्तमानानां यत् मनः अनुविधीयते अनुप्रवर्तते तत् इन्द्रियविषयविकल्पनेन प्रवृत्तं मनः अस्य यतेः हरति प्रज्ञाम् आत्मानात्मविवेकजां नाशयति। कथम् वायुः नावमिव अम्भसि उदके जिगमिषतां मार्गादुद्धृत्य उन्मार्गे यथा वायुः नावं प्रवर्तयति एवमात्मविषयां प्रज्ञां हृत्वा मनो विषयविषयां करोति।। यततो हि इत्युपन्यस्तस्यार्थस्य अनेकधा उपपत्तिमुक्त्वा तं चार्थमुपपाद्य उपसंहरति

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2.67 Hi, for; yat manah, the mind which; anu-vidhiyate, follows in the wake of; caratam, the wandering; indriyani, senses that are tending towards their respective objects; tat, that, the mind engaged in thinking [Perceiving objects like sound etc. in their respective varieties.] of the objects of the senses; harati, carries away, destroys; asya, his, the sannyasin's; prajnam, wisdom born from the discrimination between the Self and the not-Self. How? Iva, like; vayuh, the wind; diverting a navam, boat; ambhasi, on the waters. As wind, by diverting a boat on the waters from its intended course, drives it along a wrong course, similarly the mind, by diverting the wisdom from the pursuit of the Self, makes it engage in objects. After having stated variously the reasons for the idea conveyed through the verse, 'For, O son of Kunti,' etc. (60), and having established that very idea, the Lord concludes thus: