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तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ। पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।

tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣhabha pāpmānaṁ prajahi hyenaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśhanam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 41
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna is told to first control the senses, then slay this sinful thing that destroys knowledge and wisdom, a specific order of operations.

In life: trying to fix your thinking before getting a handle on your immediate impulses usually fails, the sequence matters.

Teaching: work on managing your immediate reactions and senses first, the clearer thinking tends to follow once that's more stable, not the other way around.

tasmāttherefore
tvamyou
indriyāṇisenses
ādauin the very beginning
niyamyahaving controlled
bharata-ṛiṣhabhaArjun, the best of the Bharatas
pāpmānamthe sinful
prajahislay
hicertainly
enamthis
jñānaknowledge
vijñānarealization
nāśhanamthe destroyer

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.41 तस्मात् therefore? त्वम् you? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? आदौ in the beginning? नियम्य having controlled? भरतर्षभ O best of the Bharatas? पाप्मानम् the sinful? प्रजहि kill? हि surely? एनम् this? ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् the destroyer of knowledge and realisation (wisdom).Commentary Jnana is knowledge obtained through the study of scriptures. This is indirect knowledge or Paroksha Jnana. Vijnana is direct knowledge or personal experience or Anubhava through Selfrealisation or Aparoksha Jnana. Control the senses first and then kill desire.