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इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः। मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः।।3.42।।

indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 42
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the intellect.

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Why: the senses are said to be superior to the body, the mind superior to the senses, the intellect superior to the mind, a hierarchy of subtler and subtler control.

In life: real self-command works from the inside out, intellect guiding mind, mind guiding senses, not the senses running the whole show.

Teaching: notice when your senses are dictating your mind's direction instead of the reverse, and consciously invert that order.

indriyāṇisenses
parāṇisuperior
āhuḥare said
indriyebhyaḥthan the senses
paramsuperior
manaḥthe mind
manasaḥthan the mind
tubut
parāsuperior
buddhiḥintellect
yaḥwho
buddheḥthan the intellect
parataḥmore superior
tubut
saḥthat (soul)

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.42 इन्द्रियाणि the senses? पराणि superior? आहुः (they) say? इन्द्रियेभ्यः than the senses? परम् superior? मनः the mind? मनसः than the mind? तु but? परा superior? बुद्धिः intellect? यः who? बुद्धेः than the intellect? परतः greater? तु but? सः He.Commentary When compared with the physical body which is gross? external and limited? the senses are certainly superior as they are more subtle? internal and have a wider range of activity. The mind is superior to the senses? as the senses cannot do anything independently without the help of the mind. The mind can perform the functions of the five senses. The intellect is superior to the mind because it is endowed with the faculty of discrimination. When the mind is in a state of doubt? the intellect comes to its resuce. The Self? the Witness? is superior even to the intellect? as the intellect borrows its light from the Self.