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इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनु विधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥२- ६७॥
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Transliteration
indriyaaNaaM hi charataaM yanmano'nu widhiiyate ।
tadasya harati pradnyaaM waayurnaawamiwaambhasi ॥२- ६७॥
Source: Automatic ITRANS Transliteration
Translation
The wandering perceptions on which the mind focuses,
Carry off its insight as the wind a boat on the water.
If the mind focuses on perceptions, their wandering carries off its insight, as the wind carries off a boat on the water.
Source: Milind S. Pandit
Translation
The mind, when controlled by the roving senses, steals away the Prajna as a storm takes away a boat on the sea from its destination, the spiritual shore.
Translation
As a boat on the water is swept away by a strong wind, even one of the senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence.
Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is