Bhagavad Gita

Verse 2.58

Sankhya Yoga

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Sanskrit & Transliteration

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता

yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo 'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

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Translation

Meaning

One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness.

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Sanskrit	Hindi	English
यदा	जब	when
संहरते	समेटता है	withdraws
च	और	and
अयं	यह	this
कूर्मः	कछुआ	tortoise
अङ्गानि	अंग	limbs
इव	जैसे	as
सर्वशः	सब ओर से	from all sides
इन्द्रियाणि	इन्द्रियाँ	senses
इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः	इन्द्रियों के विषयों से	from sense objects
तस्य	उसका	his
प्रज्ञा	बुद्धि	consciousness
प्रतिष्ठिता	स्थिर है	is fixed

यदा=जब(when)
संहरते=समेटता है(withdraws)
च=और(and)
अयं=यह(this)
कूर्मः=कछुआ(tortoise)
अङ्गानि=अंग(limbs)
इव=जैसे(as)
सर्वशः=सब ओर से(from all sides)
इन्द्रियाणि=इन्द्रियाँ(senses)
इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः=इन्द्रियों के विषयों से(from sense objects)
तस्य=उसका(his)
प्रज्ञा=बुद्धि(consciousness)
प्रतिष्ठिता=स्थिर है(is fixed)

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