indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam
indriyāṇi | – | indriya 1n.3 n. – the senses (from: √ind – to be powerful); |
manaḥ | – | manas 1n.1 n. – the mind (from: √man – to think); |
buddhiḥ | – | buddhi 1n.1 f. – intelligence, thought, understanding, knowledge, idea, opinion (from: √budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand); |
asya | – | idam sn. 6n.1 n. – its; |
adhiṣṭhānam | – | adhiṣṭhāna 1n.1 n. – base, position, abode, seat (from: adhi-√sthā – to stand upon, to superintend); |
ucyate | – | √vac (to speak) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – it is said; |
etaiḥ | – | etat sn. 3n.3 m. – by these; |
vimohayati | – | vi-√muh (to become confused, bewildered, stupefied) Praes. caus. P 1v.3 – it bewilders; |
eṣaḥ | – | etat sn. 1n.1 m. – this; |
jñānam | – | jñāna 2n.1 n. – knowledge, wisdom, intelligence (from: √jñā – to know, to understand); |
āvṛtya | – | ā-√vṛ (to cover) absol. – after covering; |
dehinam | – | dehin 2n.1 m. – the embodied one (from: √dih – to anoint, to smear, deha – a form, shape, body; dehin = dehavant = dehābhimānin – who possesses a body, thinking about oneself as a body); |
The key:
an excerpt from the commented verse
quotes from the scriptures
starting polemic
The seat of desire. |
kim adhiṣṭhānaḥ punaḥ kāmo jñānasyāvaraṇatvena vairī sarvasya lokasya? ity apekṣāyām āha, jñāte hi śatror adhiṣṭhāne sukhena nibarhaṇaṃ kartuṃ śakyata iti — | |
The senses, mind, and reason air said to be its seat; |
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate | etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ||3.40|| |
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Its seat: the seat of desire. These: the senses, mind (manas), and reason (buddhi). |
indriyāṇi mano buddhiś cāsya kāmasyādhiṣṭhānam āśraya ucyate | etair indriyādibhir āśrayair vimohayati vividhaṃ mohayaty eṣa kāmo jñānam āvṛtya ācchādya dehinaṃ śarīriṇam ||3.40|| |
adhitiṣṭhaty ebhir ayaṃ kāma ātmānam itīndriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam; etair indriyamanobuddhibhiḥ kāmo ‚dhiṣṭhānabhūtair viṣayapravaṇair dehinaṃ prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭaṃ jñānam āvṛtya vimohayati vividhaṃ mohayati, ātmajñānavimukhaṃ viṣayānubhavaparaṃ karotītyarthaḥ