Indriyaanaam hi charataam - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 67

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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 67

English:

Indriyaanaam hi charataam yanmano’nuvidheeyate
Tadasya harati prajnyaam vaayur naavam ivaambhasi

Sanskrit: 

इंद्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोनुविधीयते
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञाम् वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि

Oriya: 

ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟାଣାମ୍ ହି ଚରତାମ୍ ୟନ୍ମନୋନୁବିଧୀୟତେ
ତଦସ୍ୟ ହରତି ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞାମ୍ ବାୟୁର୍ଣାବମିବାମ୍ଭସି

Selected word meaning:
indriyaanaam - of the senses, hi - certainly, charataam - roaming, yat - that, manah - mind, anuvidheeyate - becomes constantly engaged, tat - that, asya - his, harati - takes away, prajnyaam - intelligence, vaayuh - wind, naavam - a boat, iva - like, ambhasi - on the water

Translation:
As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on water, even one of the roaming senses on which mind focuses, carries away one's intelligence.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON