🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 2.67
Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga · "The Yoga of Knowledge" · Verse 67 of 72
🪷 English Translations
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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
2.67 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.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
2.67 Hi, for; yat manah, the mind which; anu-vidhiyate, follows in the wake of; caratam, the wandering; indriyani, senses that are tending towards their respective objects; tat, that, the mind engaged in thinking [Perceiving objects like sound etc. in their respective varieties.] of the objects of the senses; harati, carries away, destroys; asya, his, the sannyasin's; prajnam, wisdom born from the discrimination between the Self and the not-Self. How? Iva, like; vayuh, the wind; diverting a navam, boat; ambhasi, on the waters. As wind, by diverting a boat on the waters from its intended course, drives it along a wrong course, similarly the mind, by diverting the wisdom from the pursuit of the Self, makes it engage in objects.
After having stated variously the reasons for the idea conveyed through the verse, 'For, O son of Kunti,' etc. (60), and having established that very idea, the Lord concludes thus:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
2.67 That mind, which is allowed by a person to be submissive to, i.e., allowed to go after the senses which go on operating, i.e., experiencing sense-objects, such a mind loses its inclination towards the pure self. The meaning is that it gets inclined towards sense-objects. Just as a contrary wind forcibly carries away a ship moving on the waters, in the name manner wisdon also is carried away from such a mind. [The idea is that the pursuit of sense pleasures dulls one's spiritual inclination, and the mind ultimately succumbs to them unresisting.]
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
2.67. That mind, which is directed to follow the wandering (enjoying) sense-organs-that mind carries away his knowledge just as wind does a ship on waters.
🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद
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🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading
।।2.67।। अपने-अपने विषयोंमें विचरती हुई इन्द्रियोंमेंसे एक ही इन्द्रिय जिस मनको अपना अनुगामी बना लेती है, वह अकेला मन जलमें नौकाको वायुकी तरह इसकी बुद्धिको हर लेता है।
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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
2.67 इन्द्रियाणाम् senses? हि for? चरताम् wandering? यत् which? मनः mind? अनुविधीयते follows? तत् that? अस्य his? हरति carries away? प्रज्ञाम् discrimination? वायुः the wind? नावम् boat? इव like? अम्भसि in the water.Commentary The mind which constantly dwells on the sensual objects and moves in company with the senses destroys altogether the discrimination of the man. Just as the wind carries away a boat from its course? so also the mind carries away the aspirant from his spiritual path and turns,him towards the objects of the senses.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
2.67 Hi, for; yat manah, the mind which; anu-vidhiyate, follows in the wake of; caratam, the wandering; indriyani, senses that are tending towards their respective objects; tat, that, the mind engaged in thinking [Perceiving objects like sound etc. in their respective varieties.] of the objects of the senses; harati, carries away, destroys; asya, his, the sannyasin's; prajnam, wisdom born from the discrimination between the Self and the not-Self. How? Iva, like; vayuh, the wind; diverting a navam, boat; ambhasi, on the waters. As wind, by diverting a boat on the waters from its intended course, drives it along a wrong course, similarly the mind, by diverting the wisdom from the pursuit of the Self, makes it engage in objects.
After having stated variously the reasons for the idea conveyed through the verse, 'For, O son of Kunti,' etc. (60), and having established that very idea, the Lord concludes thus:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
2.67 That mind, which is allowed by a person to be submissive to, i.e., allowed to go after the senses which go on operating, i.e., experiencing sense-objects, such a mind loses its inclination towards the pure self. The meaning is that it gets inclined towards sense-objects. Just as a contrary wind forcibly carries away a ship moving on the waters, in the name manner wisdon also is carried away from such a mind. [The idea is that the pursuit of sense pleasures dulls one's spiritual inclination, and the mind ultimately succumbs to them unresisting.]
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
2.67 See Comment under 2.68
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।2.67।। नाव के नाविक की मृत्यु हो गयी हो और उसके पाल खुले हों तब वह नाव पूरी तरह उन्मत्त तूफानों और उद्दाम तरंगों की दया पर आश्रित होगी। विक्षुब्ध तरंगों के भयंकर थपेड़ों से इधरउधर भटकती हुई वह लक्ष्य को प्राप्त किये बिना बीच में ही नष्ट हो जायेगी। इसी प्रकार संयमरहित पुरुष की इन्द्रियाँ भी विषयों में विचरण करती हुई मन को वासनाओं की अंधीआंधी में भटकाकर विनष्ट कर देती हैं। अत यदि मनुष्य अर्थपूर्ण जीवन जीना चाहता है तो उसे अपनी इन्द्रियों को अपने वश में रखने का सतत प्रयत्न करते रहना चाहिए।62वें श्लोक से प्रारम्भ किये मनुष्य के पतन के विषय का उपसंहार करते हुए भगवान् कहते हैं
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2.67।। व्याख्या-- [मनुष्यका यह जन्म केवल परमात्मप्राप्तिके लिये ही मिला है। अतः मुझे तो केवल परमात्मप्राप्ति ही करनी है, चाहे जो हो जाय--ऐसा अपना ध्येय दृढ़ होना चाहिये। ध्येय दृढ़ होनेसे साधककी अहंतामेंसे भोगोंका महत्त्व हट जाता है। महत्त्व हट जानेसे व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि दृढ़ हो जाती है। परन्तु जबतक व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि दृढ़ नहीं होती, तबतक उसकी क्या दशा होती है--इसका वर्णन यहाँ कर रहे हैं।]
'इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते' (टिप्पणी प0 103.2)-- जब साधक कार्यक्षेत्रमें सब तरहका व्यवहार करता है, तब इन्द्रियोंके सामने अपने-अपने विषय आ ही जाते हैं। उनमेंसे जिस इन्द्रियका अपने विषयमे राग हो जाता है, वह इन्द्रिय मनको अपना अनुगामी बना लेती है, मनको अपने साथ कर लेती है। अतः मन उस विषयका सुखभोग करने लग जाता है अर्थात् मनमें सुखबुद्धि, भोगबुद्धि पैदा हो जाती है; मनमें उस विषयका रंग चढ़ जाता है, उसका महत्त्व बैठ जाता है। जैसे, भोजन करते समय किसी पदार्थका स्वाद आता है तो रसनेन्द्रिय उसमें आसक्त हो जाती है। आसक्त होनेपर रसनेन्द्रिय मनको भी खीँच लेती है, तो मन उस स्वादमें प्रसन्न हो जाता है राजी हो जाता है।
'तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञाम्'-- जब मनमें विषयका महत्त्व बैठ जाता है, तब वह अकेला मन ही साधककी बुद्धिको हर लेता है अर्थात् साधकमें कर्तव्य-परायणता न रहकर भोगबुद्धि पैदा हो जाती है। वह भोगबुद्धि होनेसे साधकमें 'मुझे परमात्माकी ही प्राप्ति करनी है'--यह व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि नहीं रहती। इस तरहका विवेचन करनेमें तो देरी लगती है, पर बुद्धि विचलित होनेमें देरी नहीं लगती अर्थात् जहाँ इन्द्रियने मनको अपना अनुगामी बनाया कि मनमें भोगबुद्धि पैदा हो जाती है और उसी समय बुद्धि मारी जाती है।
'वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि'-- वह बुद्धि किस तरह हर ली जाती है इसको दृष्टान्तरूपसे समझाते हैं कि जलमें चलती हुई नौकाको वायु जैसे हर लेती है, ऐसे ही मन बुद्धिको हर लेता है। जैसे, कोई मनुष्य नौकाके द्वारा नदी या समुद्रको पार करते हुए अपने गन्तव्य स्थानको जा रहा है। यदि उस समय नौकाके विपरीत वायु चलती है तो वह वायु उस नौकाको गन्तव्य स्थानसे विपरीत ले जाती है। ऐसे ही साधक व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरूप नौकापर आरूढ़ होकर संसारसागरको पार करता हुआ परमात्माकी तरफ चलता है, तो एक इन्द्रिय जिस मनको अपना अनुगामी बनाती है, वह अकेला मन ही बुद्धिरूप नौकाको हर लेता है अर्थात् उसे संसारकी तरफ ले जाता है। इससे साधककी विषयोंमें सुख-बुद्धि और उनके उपयोगी पदार्थोंमें महत्त्वबुद्धि हो जाती है।
वायु नौकाको दो तरहसे विचलित करती है--नौकाको पथभ्रष्ट कर देती है अथवा जलमें डुबा देती है। परन्तु कोई चतुर नाविक होता है तो वह वायुकी क्रियाको अपने अनुकूल बना लेता है, जिससे वायु नौकाको अपने मार्गसे अलग नहीं ले जा सकती, प्रत्युत उसको गन्तव्य स्थानतक पहुँचानेमें सहायता करती है--ऐसे ही इन्द्रियोंके अनुगामी हुआ मन बुद्धिको दो तरहसे विचलित करता है--परमात्मप्राप्तिके निश्चय को दबाकर भोगबुद्धि पैदा कर देता है अथवा निषिद्ध भोगोंमें लगाकर पतन करा देता है। परन्तु जिसका मन और इन्द्रियाँ वशमें होती हैं, उसकी बुद्धिको मन विचलित नहीं करता, प्रत्युत परमात्माके पास पहुँचानेमें सहायता करता है (2। 6465)।
सम्बन्ध-- अयुक्त पुरुषकी निश्चयात्मिका बुद्धि क्यों नहीं होती, इसका हेतु तो पूर्वश्लोकमें बता दिया। अब जो युक्त होता है, उसकी स्थितिका वर्णन करनेके लिये आगेका श्लोक कहते हैं।
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