Chapter 2 Overview
Verse 2.68
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛihītāni sarvaśhaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 68
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense objects.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: steadiness of wisdom is tied directly back to restrained senses, closing a loop the chapter opened many verses earlier, nothing here has actually left the body and its habits behind.
In life: mental and spiritual clarity are never fully separate from physical habits, sleep, senses, appetite.
Teaching: don't treat clarity as purely a mental project. Look at your physical habits when your mind feels scattered.
tasmāttherefore
yasyawhose
mahā-bāhomighty-armed one
nigṛihītānirestrained
sarvaśhaḥcompletely
indriyāṇisenses
indriya-arthebhyaḥfrom sense objects
tasyaof that person
prajñātranscendental knowledge
pratiṣhṭhitāremains fixed
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
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2.68 तस्मात् therefore? यस्य whose? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? निगृहीतानि restrained? सर्वशः completely? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः from the senseobjects? तस्य his? प्रज्ञा knowledge? प्रतिष्ठिता is steady.Commentary When the senses are completely controlled? the mind cannot wander wildly in the sensual grooves. It becomes steady like the lamp in a windless place. The Yogi is now established in the Self and his knowledge is steady. (Cf.III.7).