Gita Verse 3.40

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 40

Sanskrit Verse

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।

Transliteration

indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyate

etair vimohayatyeṣha jñānam āvṛitya dehinam

Word meanings

indriyāṇi—the senses; manaḥ—the mind; buddhiḥ—the intellect; asya—of this; adhiṣhṭhānam—dwelling place; uchyate—are said to be; etaiḥ—by these; vimohayati—deludes; eṣhaḥ—this; jñānam—knowledge; āvṛitya—clouds; dehinam—the embodied soul

Swami Sivananda's translation

The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3