Learn·Chapter 3 · The yoga of action·Verse 40 of 43
Bhagavad Gītā 3.40, word by word
BG 3.40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते। एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyate etair vimohayatyeṣha jñānam āvṛitya dehinam
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In English
It works through the senses, the mind, and the reason; and with their help, it destroys wisdom and confounds the soul.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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