Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते । एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate | etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam
Translation
The senses, mind, and reason are said to be its seat; veiling wisdom through these, it deludes the embodied.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- manaḥ
- the mind
- buddhiḥ
- the reason
- asya
- of this
- adhiṣṭhānam
- the seat
- ucyate
- is called
- etaiḥ
- by these
- vimohayati
- bewilders
- eṣaḥ
- this
- jñānam
- wisdom
- āvṛtya
- having enveloped
- dehinam
- the embodied one
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Its seat: the seat of desire. "These": the senses, mind (manas), and reason (buddhi).