इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते | तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ||२-६७||
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano.anuvidhīyate . tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||2-67||
Chapter 2 · Verse 67
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You need to guard your mind from blindly following your physical senses. When you let your thoughts drift toward sensory pleasures, you fall under the spell of maya, the illusion of the material world. This mental drifting completely sweeps away your discrimination, dragging you off your spiritual path just like a fierce wind sweeps a boat off course.
Translation
2.67 For, when the mind follows the senses experiencing their objects, his understanding is carried away by them as the wind carries away a ship on the waters.
Meaning
The mind which constantly dwells on the sensual objects and moves in company with the senses destroys altogether the discrimination of the man. Just as the wind carries away a boat from its course so also the mind carries away the aspirant from his spiritual path and turns,him towards the objects of the senses.
Word by word
इन्द्रियाणाम् senses हि for चरताम् wandering यत् which मनः mind अनुविधीयते follows तत् that अस्य his हरति carries away प्रज्ञाम् discrimination वायुः the wind नावम् boat इव like अम्भसि in the water.