Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 3.40
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 3.40 · 3 · Verse 40
Sanskrit Original
।।3.40।। इन्द्रियाणि मनः बुद्धिश्च अस्य कामस्य अधिष्ठानम् आश्रयः उच्यते। एतैः इन्द्रियादिभिः आश्रयैः विमोहयति विविधं मोहयतिएष कामः ज्ञानम् आवृत्य आच्छाद्य देहिनं शरीरिणम्।।यतः एवम्
3.40 Indriyani, the organs; manah, mind; and buddhih, the intellect; ucyate, are said to be; asya, its, desire's; adhisthanam, abode. Esah, this one, desire; vimohayati, diversely deludes; dehinam, the embodied being; avrtya, by veiling; jnanam, Knowledg; etaih, with the help of these, with the organs etc. which are its abodes. [The activities of the organs etc. are the media for the expression of desire. Desire covers the Knoweldge of the Self by stimulating these.]