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Bhagavad Gita 2.68

तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।

tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛihītāni sarvaśhaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tasmāttasmāttherefore
yasyayasyawhose
mahā-bāhomahā-bāhomighty-armed one
nigṛihītāninigṛihītānirestrained
sarvaśhaḥsarvaśhaḥcompletely
indriyāṇiindriyāṇisenses
indriya-arthebhyaḥindriya-arthebhyaḥfrom sense objects
tasyatasyaof that person
prajñāprajñātranscendental knowledge
pratiṣhṭhitāpratiṣhṭhitāremains fixed

Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense objects.

इसलिये? हे महाबाहो जिस पुरुष की इन्द्रियाँ सब प्रकार इन्द्रियों के विषयों के वश में की हुई होती हैं? उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर होती है।।