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अर्थानामीश्वरो यः स्यादिन्द्रियाणामनीश्वरः । इन्द्रियाणामनैश्वर्यादैश्वर्याद्भ्रश्यते हि सः॥५-३४-६१॥
Even if one is a master of resources, if one is not a master of the senses, then due to that lack of control over the senses one indeed falls from one’s position of power.
english translation
आत्मनात्मानमन्विच्छेन्मनोबुद्धीन्द्रियैर्यतैः । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥५-३४-६२॥
With mind, intellect, and senses disciplined, one should examine and cultivate the self by the self; for the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the adversary of the self.
english translation
क्षुद्राक्षेणेव जालेन झषावपिहितावुभौ । कामश्च राजन्क्रोधश्च तौ प्रज्ञानं विलुम्पतः॥५-३४-६३॥
Like two fish caught in a fine-meshed net, desire and anger—O King—both plunder discernment.
english translation
समवेक्ष्येह धर्मार्थौ संभारान्योऽधिगच्छति । स वै संभृतसंभारः सततं सुखमेधते॥५-३४-६४॥
One who, in this world, assesses dharma and artha and accordingly acquires the necessary means—such a person, well-provisioned, steadily increases in well-being.
english translation
यः पञ्चाभ्यन्तराञ्शत्रूनविजित्य मतिक्षयान् । जिगीषति रिपूनन्यान्रिपवोऽभिभवन्ति तम्॥५-३४-६५॥
One who, without first conquering the five internal enemies that erode judgment, seeks to conquer external adversaries—such a person is overcome by those adversaries.
english translation