Bhagavad Gita · 3.40
॥
Devanāgarī
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate |
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इन्द्रियाणिindriyāṇithe senses.
मनःmanaḥthe mind.
बुद्धिःbuddhiḥthe intelligence (spirit).
अस्यasyaof it [lust].
अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamthe abode, the seat, the strongholds.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
एतैःetaiḥby means of these.
विमोहयतिvimohayatihe deludes.
एषःeṣaḥthis [enemy].
ज्ञानम्jñānamthe knowledge [of the soul].
आवृत्यāvṛtyahaving covered.
देहिनम्dehinamthe embodied soul.
Translation
“The senses, the mind, and the intelligence are said to be the abode of this [lust]. Through them, covering the true knowledge of the soul, it deludes the embodied being.”
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