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

Arjuna nói: Hỡi con của Kuntī, ngay cả người sáng suốt đang nỗ lực hết lòng, các giác quan—vốn cuồng động và áp đảo—cũng có thể cưỡng đoạt tâm trí bằng sức mạnh.

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.