3.41 तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ। पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्
tasmāt
Word meanings
tasmāt—therefore;tvam—you;indriyāṇi—senses;ādau—in the very beginning;niyamya—having controlled;bharata-ṛiṣhabha—Arjun, the best of the Bharatas;pāpmānam—the sinful;prajahi—slay;hi—certainly;enam—this;jñāna—knowledge;vijñāna—realization;nāśhanam—the destroyer
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, O best among the Bharatas, you must avoid this sinful one, destroying knowledge and action, by controlling completely the sense-organs in the beginning itself.
Therefore, O Arjuna, first control thy senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom.
Therefore, O Arjuna, controlling the senses in the very beginning, slay this sinful thing that destroys both knowledge and discrimination.
Therefore, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, after first controlling the organs, renounce this one [A variant reading is, 'prajahi hi-enam, completely renounce this one'.-Tr.] which is sinful and a destroyer of learning and wisdom.
Therefore, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), controlling the senses first, do thou kill this sinful thing (desire), the destroyer of knowledge and realisation!
3.43 एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना। जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhy
Word meanings
evam—thus;buddheḥ—than the intellect;param—superior;buddhvā—knowing;sanstabhya—subdue;ātmānam—the lower self (senses, mind, and intellect);ātmanā—by higher self (soul);jahi—kill;śhatrum—the enemy;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;kāma-rūpam—in the form of desire;durāsadam—formidable
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Thus, being conscious that it is different from the intellect, and steadying the self with the self, kill the foe that is of the form of desire and that is hard to approach.
Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."
Thus, knowing that which is higher than the intellect and fixing the mind with the help of the intellect in Karma Yoga, O Arjuna, slay this enemy which wears the form of desire, and which is difficult to overcome.
[The Ast, introduces this verse with, 'Tatah kim, what follows from that?'-Tr.] Understanding the Self thus [Understanding৷৷.thus:that desires can be conquered through the knowledge of the Self.] as superior to the intellect, and completely establishing (the Self) is spiritual absorption with the (help of) the mind, O mighty-armed one, vanish the enemy in the form of desire, which is difficult to subdue.
Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer!
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कर्मयोग
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
karmayoga
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3.42 इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः। मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः
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Word meanings
indriyāṇi—senses;parāṇi—superior;āhuḥ—are said;indriyebhyaḥ—than the senses;param—superior;manaḥ—the mind;manasaḥ—than the mind;tu—but;parā—superior;buddhiḥ—intellect;yaḥ—who;buddheḥ—than the intellect;parataḥ—more superior;tu—but;saḥ—that (soul)
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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It is said that the sense-organs are different from their objects; the mind is different from the sense-organs; the intellect is different from the mind; and That (Self) is different from the intellect.
It is said that the senses are powerful. But beyond the senses is the mind, beyond the mind is the intellect, and beyond and greater than intellect is He.
The senses are high, they say: the mind is higher than the senses; the intellect is higher than the mind; but what is greater than intellect is that (desire).
They say that the organs are superior (to the gross body); the mind is superior to the organs; but the intellect is superior to the mind. However, the one who is superior to the intellect is He.
They say that the senses are superior (to the body); superior to the senses is the mind; superior to the mind is the intellect; and one who is superior even to the intellect is He–the Self.
