BG - 3.40

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते। एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।

indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyate etair vimohayatyeṣha jñānam āvṛitya dehinam

• indriyāṇi - the senses
• manaḥ - the mind
• buddhiḥ - the intellect
• asya - of this
• adhiṣhṭhānam - dwelling place
• uchyate - are said to be
• etaiḥ - by these
• vimohayati - deludes
• eṣhaḥ - this
• jñānam - knowledge
• āvṛitya - clouds
• dehinam - the embodied soul

Translation

The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.

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