कर्म योग · श्लोक 40

भगवद् गीता 3.40

Desire conquers by hijacking the mind's own instruments.

Wisdom translation, edited by Ankur Shukla. Commentary AI-drafted, human-reviewed. Reviewed June 2026. Methodology →

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
इन्द्रियाँ, मन और बुद्धि इस कामके वासस्थान कहे गये हैं । यह काम इन इन्द्रियाँ, मन और बुद्धि के द्वारा ज्ञानको ढककर देहाभिमानी मनुष्यको मोहित करता है ॥
English
The senses, the mind, and the discerning mind are said to be its seat. Through them, it deludes the embodied person by veiling understanding.
विषय:kamaindriyamanasbuddhiself-mastery

श्लोक का अर्थ

Desire works through the senses, the restless mind, and the discerning mind. It clouds understanding and makes a person act blindly.

संदर्भ और टिप्पणी

On the Kurukshetra field, Arjuna is still frozen, and Krishna is tracing the enemy inside the human system. Desire does not attack from outside; it uses the senses, the restless mind, and even the discerning mind to cloud judgment.

आज के संदर्भ में

You open a message you knew would pull you off course, and suddenly the whole evening is gone. The pull did not begin in the app; it began in the chain of attention.

सार

You are less helpless when you can see how desire takes over your mind.

शब्दार्थ

इन्द्रियाणि (the senses) / मनः (the mind) / बुद्धिः (the discerning mind) / अस्य (of this) / अधिष्ठानम् (seat, basis) / उच्यते (is said to be) । / एतैः (through these) / विमोहयति (deludes) / एषः (this) / ज्ञानम् (understanding) / आवृत्य (covering) / देहिनम् (the embodied one)

संबंधित विषय: manas (49 श्लोक), buddhi (26 श्लोक), kama (23 श्लोक)

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