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Bhagavad Gita 2.58
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ |indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
When, like the tortoise which withdraws all its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.
He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within its shell—take it that such a one has attained perfection.
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