तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
tasmād yasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ |indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- यस्य · yasya
- whose
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one (Arjuna)
- निगृहीतानि · nigṛhītāni
- restrained, held back
- सर्वशः · sarvaśaḥ
- wholly, on all sides
- इन्द्रियाणि · indriyāṇi
- the senses
- इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः · indriyārthebhyaḥ
- from sense-objects
- तस्य · tasya
- his
- प्रज्ञा · prajñā
- wisdom
- प्रतिष्ठिता · pratiṣṭhitā
- is firmly established
“Therefore, O mighty-armed one, whose senses are wholly restrained from sense-objects — such a one's wisdom stands firmly established.”
— Original plain-language translation
The refrain returns for the fourth time (2.57, 2.58, 2.61, 2.68) — repetition as pedagogy. Each recurrence deepens the same truth one layer further; the student is meant to feel the ground firming under the idea.
— Reader's notes (original)