Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 6
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् । इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते
karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran | indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate
Translation
He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking in his mind of the objects of the senses, self-deluded, he is said to be one of false conduct.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- karmendriyāṇi
- of actions, the organs
- saṃyamya
- having controlled
- yaḥ
- who
- āste
- sits
- manasā
- by the mind
- smaran
- remembering
- indriyārthān
- the objects of the senses
- vimūḍhātmā
- confused, mind, whose, he
- mithyācāraḥ
- false, conduct, whose, he
- saḥ
- he
- ucyate
- is called
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The organs of action are the hand, etc. The self-deluded man, whose antaḥ-karaṇa is thus deluded, is called a hypocrite, a man of sinful conduct.