।।2.67।। इन्द्रियाणां विषयेषु चरतां विषयेषु वर्तमानानां वर्तनम् अनु यन्मनः अनु विधीयते पुरुषेण अनुवर्त्यते तत् मनः अस्य विविक्तात्मप्रवणां प्रज्ञां हरति विषेयप्रवणतां करोति इत्यर्थः। यथा अम्भसि नीयमानां नावं प्रतिकूलो वायुः प्रसह्य हरति।
2.67 That mind, which is allowed by a person to be submissive to, i.e., allowed to go after the senses which go on operating, i.e., experiencing sense-objects, such a mind loses its inclination towards the pure self. The meaning is that it gets inclined towards sense-objects. Just as a contrary wind forcibly carries away a ship moving on the waters, in the name manner wisdon also is carried away from such a mind. [The idea is that the pursuit of sense pleasures dulls one's spiritual inclination, and the mind ultimately succumbs to them unresisting.]
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