इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते | तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ||२-६७||
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano.anuvidhīyate . tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||2-67||
- indriyāṇām
- of the senses
- hi
- certainly
- caratām
- while roaming
- yat
- with which
- manaḥ
- the mind
- anuvidhīyate
- becomes constantly engaged
- tat
- that
- asya
- his
- harati
- takes away
- prajñām
- intelligence
- vāyuḥ
- wind
- nāvam
- a boat
- iva
- like
- ambhasi
- on the water
As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man’s intelligence.