BG 2.60

यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः ।
इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥
yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

kaunteya — O son of Kuntī;  hi — certainly;  pramāthīni — the turbulent;  indriyāṇi — senses;  prasabham — forcibly;  haranti — snatch away;  manaḥ — the mind;  vipaścitaḥ puruṣasya api — even of a wise person;  yatataḥ — who is striving [for liberation].

Translation

O son of Kuntī, certainly the turbulent senses forcibly snatch away the mind even of a wise person who is striving for liberation.

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