indriya

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः

indriyāṇi — senses

And when, like a tortoise drawing in its limbs, one withdraws the senses entirely from their objects — in that person wisdom is firmly established.

तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः

indriyāṇi — senses

Therefore, mighty-armed one, in whom the senses are wholly restrained from their objects, in that person wisdom is firmly established.

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्

indriya-arthān — sense objects

Whoever restrains the organs of action while the mind still dwells on their objects is deluded, and is called a hypocrite.

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः

indriya-ārāmaḥ — for the delight of their senses

Whoever does not keep this wheel turning lives wrongly, son of Pritha, delighting only in the senses, and lives in vain.

इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ

indriyasya — of the senses

Attraction and aversion sit in the senses toward their objects. Do not come under their power; they are the obstacle.

श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति

indriyāṇi — senses

Some offer hearing and the other senses into the fire of restraint; others offer sound and the other objects of sense into the fire of the senses.

सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे

indriya — the senses

Others offer every function of the senses and of the breath into the fire of self-restraint, kindled by knowledge.

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्

indriyāṇi — the senses

One who knows the truth thinks, “I do nothing at all” — while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing,

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि

indriyāṇi — the senses

speaking, letting go, taking hold, opening and closing the eyes — holding that it is the senses moving among their objects.

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः

indriya — senses

Keeping outward contacts outside, the gaze between the brows, the outgoing and incoming breaths made even,

यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः

indriya — senses

senses, mind and understanding restrained, intent on release, free of longing, fear and anger — such a sage is always free.

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते

indriya-artheṣhu — for sense-objects

When a person is attached neither to the objects of sense nor to actions, having renounced every intention — that one is said to be established in yoga.

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः

indriya — senses

there, making the mind one-pointed, restraining the movements of mind and senses, seated, one should practise yoga for the purifying of the self.

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः

indriya-grāmam — the group of senses

Abandoning entirely all desires born of intention, restraining the whole company of the senses with the mind on every side,

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते

indriya-grāmam — the senses

But those who worship the imperishable, the undefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable, the unmoving, the fixed, the everlasting —

संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः

indriya-grāmam — all the senses

restraining all the senses, even-minded everywhere — they too reach me, intent on the good of all beings.

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च

indriyāṇi — the senses

The great elements, the sense of self, the understanding, the unmanifest, the ten senses and the one, and the five fields of the senses;

इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च

indriya-artheṣhu — toward objects of the senses

dispassion toward the objects of sense, absence of the sense of self, and seeing clearly the trouble in birth, death, old age and sickness;

सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्

indriya — senses

It appears through the qualities of all the senses and yet is without any sense; unattached, and yet the support of everything; without the strands of nature, and yet the enjoyer of them.

धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः

indriya — senses

The steadiness by which one holds the movements of mind, breath and senses, unwavering through practice, is of clarity.

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्

indriya — the senses

That which arises from the meeting of the senses with their objects, like nectar at first and poison in the end, is happiness of restlessness.