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BG 3.6 — 3.6 He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite. | Live Gita
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कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् |
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ||३-६||

karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran . indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate ||3-6||


।।3.6।। जो मूढ बुद्धि पुरुष कर्मेन्द्रियों का निग्रह कर इन्द्रियों के भोगों का मन से स्मरण (चिन्तन) करता रहता है वह मिथ्याचारी (दम्भी) कहा जाता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

3.6 कर्मेन्द्रियाणि organs of action? संयम्य restraining? यः who? आस्ते sits? मनसा by the mind? स्मरन् remembering? इन्द्रियार्थान् senseobjects? विमूढात्मा of deluded understanding? मिथ्याचारः hypocrite? सः he? उच्यते is called.Commentary The five organs of action? Karma Indriyas? are Vak (organ of speech)? Pani (hands)? Padam (feet)? Upastha (genitals) and Guda (anus). They are born of the Rajasic portion of the five Tanmatras or subtle elements Vak from the Akasa Tanmatra (ether)? Pani from t

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Swami Gambirananda

3.6 One, who after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of the senses, that one, of deluded mind, is called a hypocrite.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।3.6।।जो आत्मज्ञानी न होनेपर भी शास्त्रविहित कर्म नहीं करता उसका वह कर्म न करना बुरा है यह कहते हैं जो मनुष्य हाथ पैर आदि कर्मेन्द्रियोंको रोककर इन्द्रियोंके भोगोंको मनसे चिन्तन करता रहता है वह विमूढात्मा अर्थात् मोहित अन्तःकरणवाला मिथ्याचारी ढोंगी पापाचारी कहा जाता है।

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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