Chapter 3, Verse 41
तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ। पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।
tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha. pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam..3.41..
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- तस्मात्
- therefore
- त्वम्
- you
- इन्द्रियाणि
- the senses
- आदौ
- first, at the outset
- नियम्य
- having controlled/restrained
- भरतर्षभ
- O best of the Bharatas
- पाप्मानम्
- the sinful thing (i.e., desire/enemy)
- प्रजहि
- slay, destroy
- हि
- indeed, certainly
- एनम्
- this
- ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्
- the destroyer of knowledge and discrimination/realization
Commentary
41 . Therefore, O lord of the Bharatas, restrain the senses first, do thou cast off this sinful thing which is destructive of knowledge and wisdom.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आदौ
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