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Bhagavad Gita 3.6

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।

karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
karma-indriyāṇikarma-indriyāṇithe organs of action
sanyamyasanyamyarestrain
yaḥyaḥwho
āsteāsteremain
manasāmanasāin the mind
smaransmaranto remember
indriya-arthānindriya-arthānsense objects
vimūḍha-ātmāvimūḍha-ātmāthe deluded
mithyā-āchāraḥmithyā-āchāraḥhypocrite
saḥsaḥthey
uchyateuchyateare called

He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in his mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite.

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।।