यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः ।
इन्द्रियानि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥ ६० ॥
इन्द्रियानि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥ ६० ॥
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ .
indriyāni pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ .. 60 ..
The dangerous senses, O son of Kuntī, forcibly carry away the mind of a wise man, even while striving (to control them).
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The senses are dangerous. They agitate the mind of the man who is inclined to sensuous objects. Having thus agitated the mind, they carry- it away by force, while the man is wide awake † though the mind is possessed of discriminative knowledge.
i.e. while repeatedly thinking of the evil nature of sensuous objects