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BG 3.6

Bhagavad Gītā · Karma YogaupagIti

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् | इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ||३-६||

karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran . indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate ||3-6||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

upagIti · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
kaGrmeGndriLGṇiLsaṃGyaGmyaLyaLāGsteGmaLnaLGsmaLranL
iGndriLGrthāGnviLGḍhāGtmāGmiGthyāGGraḥGsaLuGcyaLteG
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
कर्मइन्द्रियाणिसंयम्ययेआस्तेमनसास्मरन्इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मामिथ्याआचारस्उच्यते
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
12 words analyzed
  • कर्मkarmaकर्मन्nominal · vocative singular neuter
  • इन्द्रियाणिindriyāṇiइन्द्रियnominal · vocative plural neuter
  • संयम्यsaṃyamyaसंयम्indeclinable
  • येyeयाnominal · locative singular neuter
  • आस्तेāsteआस्verb · present third singular active (√ās)
  • मनसाmanasāमनस्nominal · instrumental singular neuter
  • स्मरन्smaranस्मृnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्माindriyārthānvimūḍhātmāunknown
  • मिथ्याmithyāमिथ्याindeclinable
  • आचारस्ācārasआचर्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • sanominal · vocative singular masculine
  • उच्यतेucyateवच्verb · present third singular passive (√vac)
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Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

3.6 He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

3.6. Controlling organs of actions, whosoever sits with his mind, pondering over the sense objects-that person is a man of deluded soul and [he] is called a man of deluded action.

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite.

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

3.6 Karmendriyani etc. If he does not act with his organs of action, then he necessarily acts with his mind. At the same time he is the man of deluded action; For, the mental actions can never be avoided totally.

Sri RamanujaRelay

3.6 He whose inner and outer organs of senses are not conered because of his sins not being annulled but is none the less struggling for winning knowledge of the self, whose mind is forced to turn away from the self by reason of it being attached to sense objects, and who conseently lets his minds dwell on them - he is called a hypocrite, because his actions are at variance with his professions. The meaning is that by practising the knowledge of the self in this way, he becomes perverted and lost.

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

3.6 Yah, one who; samyamya, after withdrawing; karma-indriyani, the organs of action-hands etc.; aste, sits; manasa, mentally; smaran, recollecting, thinking; indriya-arthan, the objects of the senses; sah, that one; vimudha-atma, of deluded mind; ucyate, is called; mithya-acarah, a hypocrite, a sinful person.

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

3.6 He who, controlling the organs of action, lets his mind dwell on the objects of senses, is a deluded person and a hypocrite.

Swami GambiranandaRelay

3.6 One, who after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of the senses, that one, of deluded mind, is called a hypocrite.

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