Gita Verse 3.41

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 41

Sanskrit Verse

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣhabha

pāpmānaṁ prajahi hyenaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśhanam

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.

See also: Commandments in Bhagavad Gita

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3