तावज्जितेन्द्रियो न स्याद् विजितान्येन्द्रिय: पुमान् । न जयेद् रसनं यावज्जितं सर्वं जिते रसे ॥ २१ ॥
tāvaj jitendriyo na syād vijitānyendriyaḥ pumān na jayed rasanaṁ yāvaj jitaṁ sarvaṁ jite rase
- tāvat
- still
- jita-indriyaḥ
- one who has conquered the senses
- na
- not
- syāt
- can be
- vijita-anya-indriyaḥ
- one who has conquered all of the other senses
- pumān
- a human being
- na jayet
- cannot conquer
- rasanam
- the tongue
- yāvat
- as long as
- jitam
- conquered
- sarvam
- everything
- jite
- when conquered
- rase
- the tongue
Although one may conquer all of the other senses, as long as the tongue is not conquered it cannot be said that one has controlled his senses. However, if one is able to control the tongue, then one is understood to be in full control of all the senses.