Chapter 3 · The Way of Action
Verse 34
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 34
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ। तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
Transliteration (IAST)
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣhau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśham āgachchhet tau hyasya paripanthinau
Translation
Each sense has a fixed attachment to and aversion for its corresponding object, but one should not come under their sway, for they are enemies.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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