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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 6

The Path of Action

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते

karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate

What does Bhagavad Gita 3.6 mean?

He who, restraining the organs of action, sits dwelling in the mind on the objects of the senses, that deluded soul is called a hypocrite.

Word-by-word meaning

karma-indriyāṇi—the organs of action · sanyamya—restrain · yaḥ—who · āste—remain · manasā—in the mind · smaran—to remember · indriya-arthān—sense objects · vimūḍha-ātmā—the deluded · mithyā-āchāraḥ—hypocrite · saḥ—they · uchyate—are called

dutysoulpleasuremindactionkarmacontrol

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