# Yada Samharate Chayam (यदा संहरते चायम्)

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- Type: Shloka
- Scripture: Bhagavad Gita 2.58
- Language: sa
- Source: Bhagavad Gita 2 Sanskrit checked against SanskritDocuments, Bhagavad Gita 2.14–2.71: https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/bhagvadnew.html ; meanings checked against IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite and Vedabase chapter 2: https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=2&field_nsutra_value=58&language=dv ; https://vedabase.net/bg/2/index.htm

## Summary

Bhagavad Gita 2.58 teaches a devotional principle from Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna.

## Verses

### Bhagavad Gita 2.58

> यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।
> इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

Meaning (Hindi): जब मनुष्य कछुए की तरह अपनी इन्द्रियों को विषयों से समेट लेता है, तब उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर होती है।

Meaning (English): When a person withdraws the senses from their objects, as a tortoise draws in its limbs, that person's wisdom is steady.