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वश्येन्द्रियं जितामात्यं धृतदण्डं विकारिषु । परीक्ष्यकारिणं धीरमत्यन्तं श्रीर्निषेवते॥५-३४-५६॥
Prosperity in full measure attends one whose senses are under control, whose ministers are disciplined, who applies sanctions to the disorderly, who acts after examination, and who is steadfast.
english translation
रथः शरीरं पुरुषस्य राजन्नात्मा नियन्तेन्द्रियाण्यस्य चाश्वाः । तैरप्रमत्तः कुशलः सदश्वैर्दान्तैः सुखं याति रथीव धीरः॥५-३४-५७॥
O king, the body is a man’s chariot; the self is the charioteer; the senses are his horses. When one is vigilant and skilled, and the horses are well-trained and restrained, the wise proceed in comfort, like an expert charioteer.
english translation
एतान्यनिगृहीतानि व्यापादयितुमप्यलम् । अविधेया इवादान्ता हयाः पथि कुसारथिम्॥५-३४-५८॥
When left unrestrained, these (senses) are enough even to bring about one’s ruin—like untrained, ungovernable horses on the road that imperil an incompetent charioteer.
english translation
अनर्थमर्थतः पश्यन्नर्थं चैवाप्यनर्थतः । इन्द्रियैः प्रसृतो बालः सुदुःखं मन्यते सुखम्॥५-३४-५९॥
Seeing what is harmful as beneficial, and what is beneficial as harmful, the immature person—driven outward by the senses—mistakes severe suffering for happiness.
english translation
धर्मार्थौ यः परित्यज्य स्यादिन्द्रियवशानुगः । श्रीप्राणधनदारेभ्य क्षिप्रं स परिहीयते॥५-३४-६०॥
One who abandons dharma and artha and becomes subject to the senses quickly declines—falling away from prosperity, vitality, wealth, and family life.
english translation