Sanskrit
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः ।इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥
Transliteration
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ
Translation
O son of Kuntî, the excited senses of even a wise man, though he be striving, impetuously carry away his mind.