BG-SS 3.34

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśam āgachchhet tau hy asya paripanthinau [34]

rāga-dveṣau–Attraction and aversion; indriyasya–of all the senses; vyavasthitau–exist; indriyasya-arthe–for their objects. (tathāpi)– However; vaśam na āgachchhet–One must not be controlled; tayoḥ–by such attraction and aversion; hi–since; tau pari-panthinau–they are an obstacle; asya–to the spiritual practitioner. [34]

Text

Although the senses are attracted to and repelled by the sense objects, one must not be controlled by these urges, for they are the greatest enemy of the candidate for self-realisation.

Purport

Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 3: The Path of Action (Karma yoga). Text 34

Although the senses are attracted to and repelled by the sense objects, one must not be controlled by these urges, for they are the greatest enemy of the candidate for self-realisation.