Sanskrit
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
tasmād yasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translation
Therefore, O mighty-armed, whose senses are all completely restrained from the objects of sense, of him the understanding is well poised.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The “therefore” closing the whole warning sequence that began at verse 60: given how easily one unguarded sense can capsize the mind, restraint has to be complete, not partial. This is the fourth time this exact refrain — “prajñā pratiṣṭhitā,” the understanding well poised — has closed a verse in this portrait, underscoring how central it is to the whole passage.
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