Chapter 3 Verse 41 of 43

• tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau
• niyamya bharatarṣabha
• pāpmānaḿ prajahi hy enaḿ
• jñāna-vijñāna-nāśanam

Translation

Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bhāratas, in the very beginning curb this great symbol of sin [lust] by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization.

Synonyms

• tasmāt

  therefore

• tvam

  you

• indriyāṇi

  senses

• ādau

  in the beginning

• niyamya

  by regulating

• ṛṣabha

  O chief amongst the descendants of Bharata

• pāpmānam

  the great symbol of sin

• prajahi

  curb

• hi

  certainly

• enam

  this

• jñāna

  of knowledge

• vijñāna

  and scientific knowledge of the pure soul

• nāśanam

  the destroyer.

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