Chapter 3, Verse 34
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ। तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau। tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau।।3.34।।
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- इन्द्रियस्य
- of the senses (each sense)
- इन्द्रियस्य अर्थे
- in the object of the sense
- राग-द्वेषौ
- attachment and aversion
- व्यवस्थितौ
- are situated/fixed
- तयोः
- of those two (attachment and aversion)
- न
- not
- वशम्
- control/sway
- आगच्छेत्
- one should come under
- तौ
- those two
- हि
- indeed/certainly
- अस्य
- of this person (the seeker)
- परिपन्थिनौ
- are obstacles/enemies (waylayers on the path)
Commentary
34. Love and hate lie towards the object of each sense; let none become subject to these two; for, they are his enemies.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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इन्द्रियस्य
इन्द्रियस्य अर्थे
राग-द्वेषौ
व्यवस्थितौ
तयोः
न
वशम्
आगच्छेत्
तौ
हि
अस्य
परिपन्थिनौ
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