vikurvan kriyayÄ cÄ-dhÄ«r
anivá¹›ttiÅ› ca cetasÄm
gÄtrÄsvÄsthyaá¹ mano bhrÄntaá¹
raja etair niÅ›Ämaya

 vikurvan - becoming distorted; kriyayÄ - by activity; ca - and; Ä - even up to; dhīḥ - the intelligence; anivá¹›ttiḥ - failure to stop; ca - and; cetasÄm - on the part of the conscious faculties of intelligence and the senses; gÄtra - of the working senses; asvÄsthyam - unhealthy condition; manaḥ - the mind; bhrÄntam - unsteady; rajaḥ - passion; etaiḥ - by these symptoms; niÅ›Ämaya - you should understand.


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You should discern the mode of passion by its symptoms — the distortion of the intelligence because of too much activity, the inability of the perceiving senses to disentangle themselves from mundane objects, an unhealthy condition of the working physical organs, and the unsteady perplexity of the mind.

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