यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः | इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ||२-६०||
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ . indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ ||2-60||
- yatataḥ
- while endeavoring
- hi
- certainly
- api
- in spite of
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- puruṣasya
- of a man
- vipaścitaḥ
- full of discriminating knowledge
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- pramāthīni
- agitating
- haranti
- throw
- prasabham
- by force
- manaḥ
- the mind
The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them.