Gita Verse 3.34

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 34

Sanskrit Verse

इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।

Transliteration

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣhau vyavasthitau

tayor na vaśham āgachchhet tau hyasya paripanthinau

Word meanings

indriyasya—of the senses; indriyasya arthe—in the sense objects; rāga—attachment; dveṣhau—aversion; vyavasthitau—situated; tayoḥ—of them; na—never; vaśham—be controlled; āgachchhet—should become; tau—those; hi—certainly; asya—for him; paripanthinau—foes

Swami Sivananda's translation

Attachment and aversion for the objects of the senses abide in the senses; let no one come under their sway; for, they are his enemies.

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