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Bhagavad Gītā 3.6, word by word
BG 3.6
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते
karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate
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In English
He who remains motionless, refusing to act, yet brooding over sensuous objects, is that deluded soul simply a hypocrite.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in his mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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