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A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः |
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-५८||
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ .
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-58||
Krishna gives Arjuna a picture: "Think of a tortoise pulling all its limbs inside its shell. When a person can pull back their senses from the things that tempt them, just like that — their wisdom becomes completely steady."
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यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः |
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-५८||
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ .
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-58||
BG 2.58
Settle
Like a tortoise drawing in its limbs, gently pull your senses back from the world for these few minutes.
The essence
Draw the senses gently inward.
Breathe
You draw the senses inward You release the pull of the world
Contemplate
What stimulation could you withdraw from to feel more whole?
Take with you
Write of one thing you reach for too often, and what calls you outward.