Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 41

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ । पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्

tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha | pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam

Translation

Therefore, O lord of the Bhāratas, restrain the senses first, do thou cast off this sinful thing which is destructive of knowledge and wisdom.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tasmāt

therefore

tvam

thou

indriyāṇi

the senses

ādau

in the beginning

niyamya

having controlled

bharatarṣabha

of the Bharatas, O best

pāpmānam

sin

prajahi

slay

hi

indeed

enam

this

jñānavijñānanāśanam

of knowledge, and, of special knowledge, destroyer

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Jñāna is the knowledge of the Self and other things acquired from the śāstra and from a teacher (ācārya). Vijñāna is the personal experience of the things so taught. Do thou cast off the destroyer of jñāna and vijñāna which lead to the highest good.