Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते। एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyate etair vimohayatyeṣha jñānam āvṛitya dehinam
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 40
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.
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Why: the senses, mind, and intellect are named as desire's dwelling places, through which it deludes the embodied being, giving the abstract enemy a concrete location.
In life: cravings operate at multiple levels at once, physical sensation, mental narrative, and reasoned justification, all working together.
Teaching: when resisting a craving, address all three levels, the physical urge, the mental story, and the rationalization, not just one of them.
indriyāṇithe senses
manaḥthe mind
buddhiḥthe intellect
asyaof this
adhiṣhṭhānamdwelling place
uchyateare said to be
etaiḥby these
vimohayatideludes
eṣhaḥthis
jñānamknowledge
āvṛityaclouds
dehinamthe embodied soul
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
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.