Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Not wanting to be sidetracked into a fight with Simhika, Hanuman quickly shrank in size, entered into the demoness’s mouth and came out, thereby honoring the blessing that Brahma had given her.

Mahabharata:  While charging up the Himalayan mountains in search of the thousand petalled lotus, Bhima got sidetracked by an aged monkey, who turned out to be his venerable older brother, Hanuman.

Bhagavad-gita:  If we don’t keep track of the mind that is always active inside us, it will at any moment sidetrack us.