BG 2.67
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥
indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yan mano ’nuvidhīyate
tad asya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi
tad asya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi
Word-for-word meanings
hi — indeed; manaḥ — the mind; yat — which; anuvidhīyate — follows; caratām — the wandering; indriyāṇām — of the senses; tat — that [mind]; harati — carries away; prajñām — the discernment; asya — of such a person; iva — just as; vāyuḥ — the wind; nāvam — [carries away] a boat; ambhasi — on the water.
Translation
Indeed, the mind that follows in the wake of the wandering senses carries away the discernment of such a person, just as the wind carries from its course a boat on the water.