Chapter 3 · The Way of Action

    Verse 6

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 6

    कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate

    Translation

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