Chapter 2 · Verse 60 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.60
Sanskrit
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः। इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
Transliteration
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ
Word by Word
Even the wisest among us discover that the senses are wild horses—they will drag the mind away from its highest purpose, no matter how disciplined we believe ourselves to be. This is not failure; it is the nature of embodied existence that Krishna himself acknowledges with compassion.
The teaching here is that discrimination alone is insufficient; we must add practice, patience, and ultimately, surrender to something greater than our individual will. In modern life, this means recognizing that willpower crashes against desire, and we need community, ritual, and spiritual anchoring—not shame—to steady ourselves.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.60 — BG 2.60
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