Chapter 3, Verse 42
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः। मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः।।3.42।।
indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ. manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ.3.42.
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- इन्द्रियाणि
- the senses
- पराणि
- superior/higher
- आहुः
- they say
- इन्द्रियेभ्यः
- than the senses
- परं
- higher
- मनः
- the mind
- मनसः
- than the mind
- तु
- but/indeed
- परा
- higher
- बुद्धिः
- the intellect/discernment
- यः
- that which
- बुद्धेः
- than the intellect
- परतः
- higher/beyond
- तु
- but/indeed
- सः
- that (is the Self/Atman)
Commentary
42. They say that the senses are superior ; superior to the senses is mind ; superior to mind is reason; one who is even superior to reason is He.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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इन्द्रियाणि
पराणि
आहुः
इन्द्रियेभ्यः
परं
मनः
मनसः
तु
परा
बुद्धिः
यः
बुद्धेः
परतः
तु
सः
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