Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.7
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन। कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśhiṣhyate
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 7
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
But whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, without attachment, he excels.
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Why: someone who controls the senses with the mind and acts without attachment is called superior, real discipline lives in the mind's relationship to action, not in withdrawal from it.
In life: you can stay fully engaged with work, people, and responsibilities while still not being owned by the outcome.
Teaching: practice full engagement paired with loose attachment, that combination, not avoidance, is the actual skill worth building.
yaḥwho
tubut
indriyāṇithe senses
manasāby the mind
niyamyacontrol
ārabhatebegins
arjunaArjun
karma-indriyaiḥby the working senses
karma-yogamkarm yog
asaktaḥwithout attachment
saḥthey
viśhiṣhyateare superior
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
3.7 यः whose? तु but? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? मनसा by the mind? नियम्य controlling? आरभते commences? अर्जुन O Arjuna? कर्मेन्द्रियैः by the organs of action? कर्मयोगम् Karma Yoga? असक्तः unattached? सः he? विशिष्यते excels.Commentary If anyone performs actions with his organs of action (viz.? hands? feet? organ of speech? etc.) controlling the organs of knowledge by the mind? and without expectation of the fruits of the actions and without egoism? he is certainly more worthy than the other who is a hypocrite or a man of false conduct. (Cf.II.64?68IV.21).The five organs of knowledge are the eyes? the ears? the nose? the skin and the sense of taste (tongue).