Thursday, August 26, 2010

Bhagavad Gita - II: 58

Draw in like a tortoise

Yada samharate Chayam Kurmonganeeva Sarvashaha|
Indriyaneendriyarthebhyaha Tasya Pragnya Pratishtitha||

Just as a tortoise draws all parts of its body into the shell in times of danger, if a human being is able to withdraw his sense organs of smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing and the sense organs of action - hands, feet, speech, reproduction and excretion at times when they are not needed to be used, such a person becomes rooted in consciousness. - Swahilya Shambhavi

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