केदारेभ्यस्त्वपोऽगृह्णन् कर्षका दृढसेतुभि: । यथा प्राणै: स्रवज्ज्ञानं तन्निरोधेन योगिन: ॥ ४१ ॥
kedārebhyas tv apo ’gṛhṇan karṣakā dṛḍha-setubhiḥ yathā prāṇaiḥ sravaj jñānaṁ tan-nirodhena yoginaḥ
- kedārebhyaḥ
- from the flooded fields of rice paddy
- tu
- and
- apaḥ
- the water
- agṛhṇan
- took
- karṣakāḥ
- the farmers
- dṛḍha
- strong
- setubhiḥ
- with dikes
- yathā
- as
- prāṇaiḥ
- through the senses
- sravat
- flowing out
- jñānam
- consciousness
- tat
- of those senses
- nirodhena
- by the strict control
- yoginaḥ
- yogīs.
In the same way that the practitioners of yoga bring their senses under strict control to check their consciousness from flowing out through the agitated senses, the farmers erected strong mud banks to keep the water within their rice fields from draining out.