कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् ।
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥
Hindi · हिन्दी
जो कर्मेन्द्रियों सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियों को हठपूर्वक रोककर मनसे इन्द्रियोंके विषयोंका चिन्तन करता रहता है, वह मूढ़ बुद्धिवाला मनुष्य मिथ्याचारी मिथ्या आचरण करनेवाला कहा जाता है ॥
English
One who restrains the organs of action but keeps thinking of sense objects in the mind is deluded and called a hypocrite.
What this verse means
Holding back your actions while the mind still chases desire is self-deception. Outer restraint means little without inner discipline.
Context & commentary
On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen between duty and grief. Krishna sharpens the teaching: merely stopping the body while the mind clings to desire is not true renunciation. This verse exposes false restraint before showing the right way forward.
Why this verse still matters
You delete the app, but keep checking the craving in your head. You cancel the habit, yet rehearse it all day. The form changed; the attachment did not.
The takeaway
It removes the comfort of pretending. Real restraint must include the mind, not just visible behavior.
Word-by-word translation
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि (organs of action) / संयम्य (having restrained) / यः (who) / आस्ते (sits) / मनसा (with the mind) / स्मरन् (remembering, thinking of) / इन्द्रियार्थान् (sense objects) / विमूढात्मा (deluded one) / मिथ्याचारः (false actor, hypocrite) / सः (he) / उच्यते (is called)
This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3: Karma Yoga — The Yoga of Action, which contains 43 verses.
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