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tāni sarvāṇi saḿyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.61 One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon...

dhyāyato viṣayān puḿsaḥ sańgas teṣūpajāyate sańgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ‘bhijāyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.62 While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and...

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraḿśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.63 From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When...

rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.64 But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through...

prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāḿ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.65 For one thus satisfied [in Krishna consciousness], the threefold miseries of material existence...

nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.66 One who is not connected with the Supreme [in Krishna consciousness] can have neither transcendental...

indriyāṇāḿ hi caratāḿ yan mano ‘nuvidhīyate tad asya harati prajñāḿ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.67 As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the...

tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.68 Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of...

yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāḿ tasyāḿ jāgarti saḿyamī yasyāḿ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.69 What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of...

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaḿ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.70 A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of...