Shloka 60

कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश

Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- आसक्तिका नाश और इन्द्रियसंयम नहीं होनेसे क्या हानि है? इसपर कहते हैं-- यततो हापि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चित: । इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मन:,हे अर्जुन! आसक्तिका नाश न होनेके कारण ये प्रमथनस्वभाववाली इन्द्रियाँ यत्न करते हुए बुद्धिमान्‌ पुरुषके मनको भी बलात्‌ हर लेती हैं

Transliteration

yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ | indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ ||

Translation

โอ้โอรสแห่งกุนตี! แม้ผู้มีปัญญาจะเพียรพยายาม อินทรีย์ทั้งหลายที่ปั่นป่วนและครอบงำได้ก็ยังฉุดกระชากจิตไปโดยพลัน

Word by Word

[{'term''yatataḥ', 'definition': 'of one who strives

exerting oneself'}, {'term''hi api', 'definition': 'indeed, even'}, {'term': 'kaunteya', 'definition': 'O son of Kuntī (address to Arjuna)'}, {'term': 'puruṣasya', 'definition': 'of a person

of a man'}, {'term''vipaścitaḥ', 'definition': 'of the wise/discerning

intelligent'}, {'term''indriyāṇi', 'definition': 'the senses

sense-faculties'}, {'term''pramāthīni', 'definition': 'violent, agitating, overpowering

that disturb and carry away'}, {'term''haranti', 'definition': 'carry off

take away'}, {'term''prasabham', 'definition': 'forcibly

against one’s will'}, {'term''manaḥ', 'definition': 'mind

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Kaunteya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a wise person’s mind can be forcibly dragged away by the senses; therefore ethical steadiness requires deliberate restraint and the weakening of attachment, not merely intellectual understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva dialogue setting, Arjuna voices a concern about the danger of uncontrolled senses: despite sincere effort and wisdom, sensory impulses can overpower the mind, threatening right resolve and dharmic action.