Chapter 3 · The Way of Action

    Verse 41

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 41

    तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ। पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣhabha pāpmānaṁ prajahi hyenaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśhanam

    Translation

    Therefore, O Arjuna, control your senses from the outset and slay this sinful thing that destroys both knowledge and discernment.
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