Word meanings
- yatataḥ
- while practicing self-control
- hi
- for
- api
- even
- kaunteya
- Arjun, the son of Kunti
- puruṣasya
- of a person
- vipaścitaḥ
- one endowed with discrimination
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- pramāthīni
- turbulent
- haranti
- carry away
- prasabham
- forcibly
- manaḥ
- the mind
Translations
The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.
O Arjuna! The mind of one who is attempting to conquer it is forcibly carried away, in spite of their efforts, by their tumultuous senses.
For, O son of Kunti, the turbulent senses can violently snatch away the mind of an intelligent person, even while they are striving diligently.
हे कुन्तीनन्दन! (रसबुद्धि रहनेसे) यत्न करते हुए विद्वान् मनुष्यकी भी प्रमथनशील इन्द्रियाँ उसके मनको बलपूर्वक हर लेती हैं।Commentary
The aspirant should first bring the senses under his control. The senses are like horses. If you keep the horses under your perfect control you can reach your destinaton safely. Turbulent horses will throw you down on the way. Even so the turbulent senses will hurl you down into the objects of the senses and you cannot reach your spiritual destination, viz.? Param Dhama (the supreme abode) or the abode of eternal peace and immortality or Moksha (final liberation). (Cf.III.33V.14).