"And when, like a tortoise drawing in its limbs, one withdraw…" — Krishna

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

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

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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.

Author: Krishna
Tradition: Hindu
Source text: Bhagavad Gita
Chapter: Bhagavad Gita 2.58
Verse / page: BG.2.58
Topics: Meditation Self-Control Wisdom

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Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize

Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.

Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.

If the soul is to know God, it must forget itself and lose itself, for as long as it contemplates self, it cannot contemplate God.