Chapter 2

Verse 58

Bhagavad Gita

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः |
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ||२-५८||
Transliteration

yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ .
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||2-58||
English Meaning

2.58 He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell - take it that such a one has attained Perfection.