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Chapter 2 · Verse 58The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.58

BG 2.58 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 58, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः | इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-५८||

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yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ . indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-58||

Roman: yada samharate cayam kurmo.anganiva sarvashah . indriyanindriyarthebhyastasya prajna pratishthita

When, like the tortoise which withdraws on all sides its limbs, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.