इन्द्रियैर्विषयाकृष्टैराक्षिप्तं ध्यायतां मन: । चेतनां हरते बुद्धे: स्तम्बस्तोयमिव ह्रदात् ॥ ३० ॥
indriyair visayakrstair aksiptam dhyayatam manah cetanam harate buddheh stambas toyam iva hradat
- indriyaih
- by the senses
- visaya
- the sense objects
- akrstaih
- being attracted
- aksiptam
- agitated
- dhyayatam
- always thinking of
- manah
- mind
- cetanam
- consciousness
- harate
- becomes lost
- buddheh
- of intelligence
- stambah
- big straws
- toyam
- water
- iva
- like
- hradat
- from the lake.
When one’s mind and senses are attracted to sense objects for enjoyment, the mind becomes agitated. As a result of continually thinking of sense objects, one’s real consciousness almost becomes lost, like the water in a lake that is gradually sucked up by the big grass straws on its bank.