यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः | इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-५८||
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ . indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-58||
- yadā
- when
- saṁharate
- winds up
- ca
- also
- ayam
- he
- kūrmaḥ
- tortoise
- aṅgāni
- limbs
- iva
- like
- sarvaśaḥ
- altogether
- indriyāṇi
- senses
- indriya-arthebhyaḥ
- from the sense objects
- tasya
- his
- prajñā
- consciousness
- pratiṣṭhitā
- fixed
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness.