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BG 2.68 — 2.68 Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense-objects. | Live Gita
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तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः |
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-६८||

tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ . indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-68||


।।2.68।। इसलिये? हे महाबाहो जिस पुरुष की इन्द्रियाँ सब प्रकार इन्द्रियों के विषयों के वश में की हुई होती हैं? उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर होती है।।

Word-by-word meanings

2.68 तस्मात् therefore? यस्य whose? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? निगृहीतानि restrained? सर्वशः completely? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः from the senseobjects? तस्य his? प्रज्ञा knowledge? प्रतिष्ठिता is steady.Commentary When the senses are completely controlled? the mind cannot wander wildly in the sensual grooves. It becomes steady like the lamp in a windless place. The Yogi is now established in the Self and his knowledge is steady. (Cf.III.7).

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।2.68।।यततो ह्यपि इस श्लोकसे प्रतिपादित अर्थकी अनेक प्रकारसे उपपत्ति बतलाकर उस अभिप्रायको सिद्ध करके अब उसका उपसंहार करते हैं क्योंकि इन्द्रियोंकी प्रवृत्तिमें दोष सिद्ध किया जा चुका है इसलिये हे महाबाहो जिस साधककी इन्द्रियाँ अपनेअपने शब्दादि विषयोंसे सब प्रकारसे अर्थात् मानसिक आदि भेदोंसे निगृहीत की जा चुकी हैं ( वशमें की हुई हैं ) उसकी बुद्धि प्रतिष्ठित है।

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Swami Gambirananda

2.68 Therefore, O mighty-armed one, this wisdom becomes established whose organs in all their varieties are withdrawn from their objects.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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