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Chapter 2 · Verse 60The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.60

BG 2.60 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 60, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः | इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ||२-६०||

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yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ . indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ ||2-60||

Roman: yatato hyapi kaunteya purushasya vipashcitah . indriyani pramathini haranti prasabham manah

The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, do violently carry away the mind of a wise man though he be striving (to control them).