Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 2: The Constitution of the Soul (SÄá¹…khya-yoga). Text 60

yatato hy api kaunteya puruá¹£asya vipaÅ›chitaḥ indriyÄṇi pramÄthÄ«ni haranti prasabhaá¹ manaḥ [60]

(he) kaunteya–O Arjuna; hi–yet; indriyÄṇi pramÄthÄ«ni–the turbulent senses; prasabham–forcibly; haranti–snatch away; manaḥ–the mind; vipaÅ›chitaḥ puruá¹£asya api–of even the wise person; yatataḥ–striving for liberation. [60]


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And yet, O son of Kuntī, the turbulent senses can forcibly plunder the mind of even the wise person striving for liberation.

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