Bhagavad Gita 3.40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते। एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate. etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam.।3.40.।
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- इन्द्रियाणि
- the senses
- मनः
- the mind
- बुद्धिः
- the intellect
- अस्य
- of this (desire/enemy, i.e. lust)
- अधिष्ठानम्
- the seat/abode
- उच्यते
- is said (to be)
- एतैः
- by these (senses, mind, intellect)
- विमोहयति
- deludes
- एषः
- this (desire/enemy)
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- आवृत्य
- having covered/veiled
- देहिनम्
- the embodied soul
Commentary
40. The senses, mind, and reason are said to be its seat ; veiling wisdom through these, it deludes the embodied.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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इन्द्रियाणि
मनः
बुद्धिः
अस्य
अधिष्ठानम्
उच्यते
एतैः
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एषः
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आवृत्य
देहिनम्
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