[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.60 · spoken by Krishna ]
A warning: even the wise, striving mind can be dragged away.
Even for the striving, discerning person, O Kaunteya, the turbulent senses can forcibly carry away the mind.
SANSKRIT
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः । इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥२-६०॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Do not think steadiness, once found, is never tested again. The senses can churn like the ocean churned at the beginning of time — and pull even a wise mind under by force.”
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