Verse 2.67

इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥

2.67

Transliteration

indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano'nuvidhīyate |

tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

For the mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as the wind (carries away) a boat on the waters.

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of the senses
for
roaming
which
mind
follows

that
his
carries away
wisdom
wind
a ship
like
on the water

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna offers a vivid image. When the mind follows the wandering senses, it carries away one's wisdom just as the wind drives a boat off course on the water. A boat without a firm hand at the helm is at the mercy of the wind. In the same way, a mind that gives in to every pull of the senses loses its direction. The image fits Arjuna, who has been swept away by emotion, and every reader who has felt the mind drift.