Chapter 3, Verse 7
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन। कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna. karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate.3.7.
Word by word
- यः
- who (relative pronoun, nominative singular)
- तु
- but, indeed (emphatic/contrastive particle)
- इन्द्रियाणि
- the senses (accusative plural)
- मनसा
- with the mind (instrumental singular)
- नियम्य
- having controlled/restrained (gerund)
- आरभते
- undertakes, begins
- अर्जुन
- O Arjuna (vocative)
- कर्मेन्द्रियैः
- with the organs of action (instrumental plural, from karma + indriya)
- कर्मयोगम्
- the discipline/path of action (accusative singular)
- असक्तः
- unattached, without attachment (nominative singular)
- सः
- he (nominative singular)
- विशिष्यते
- excels, is distinguished/superior
Commentary
7. But whoso, restraining the senses by mind O Arjuna, engages in Karma- Yoga, unattached* with organs of action, he is esteemed.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यः
तु
इन्द्रियाणि
मनसा
नियम्य
आरभते
अर्जुन
कर्मेन्द्रियैः
कर्मयोगम्
असक्तः
सः
विशिष्यते
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