Bhagavad Gita 3.40
Karma Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते | एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ||३-४०||
Transliteration
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate . etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam ||3-40||
The senses, the mind and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these it deludes the embodied by veiling his wisdom.
Word by Word
इन्द्रियाणि the senses, मनः the mind, बुद्धिः the intellect, अस्य its, अधिष्ठानम् seat, उच्यते is called, एतैः by these, विमोहयति deludes, एषः this, ज्ञानम् wisdom, आवृत्य having enveloped, देहिनम् the embodied
Classical Commentary
If the abode of the enemy is known it is ite easy to kill him. So Lord Krishna like a wise army general points out to Arjuna the abode of desire so that he may be able to attack it and kill it ite readily.