Sanskrit · Devanagari
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते। एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The senses, the mind, and the understanding are said to be its seat with these it deludes the embodied (self) after enveloping knowledge.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.40।। इन्द्रियाणि मनः बुद्धिश्च अस्य कामस्य अधिष्ठानम् आश्रयः उच्यते। एतैः इन्द्रियादिभिः आश्रयैः विमोहयति विविधं मोहयतिएष कामः ज्ञानम् आवृत्य आच्छाद्य देहिनं शरीरिणम्।।यतः एवम्
80b697e154f9…Rāmānuja
3.40 The senses, the mind and the intellect are the instruments of desire in so far as it overpowers the self through them. By means of these, viz., the senses, the mind and the intellect, which have been reduced to the position of servants through attachment to sense objects, desire deludes the embodied soul caught up in Prakrti by covering up Its knowledge. Here 'deluding' means making the self a victim of manifold illusions, by turning It away from the knowledge of Its true nature, and making It indulge in sensuous experiences.
6ee23d756371…Swami Sivananda
3.40 इन्द्रियाणि the senses? मनः the mind? बुद्धिः the intellect? अस्य its? अधिष्ठानम् seat? उच्यते is called? एतैः by these? विमोहयति deludes? एषः this? ज्ञानम् wisdom? आवृत्य having enveloped? देहिनम् the embodied.Commentary If the abode of the enemy is known it is ite easy to kill him. So Lord Krishna like a wise army general points out to Arjuna the abode of desire so that he may be able to attack it and kill it ite readily.
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