Gita Chapter 3 – Verse 41  «   »

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ।
पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ॥ ३-४१॥


tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha
pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam 3-41


Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, controlling first the senses, kill this sinful thing, the destroyer of knowledge and wisdom.


tasmāt = therefore; tvaṃ = you; indriyāṇi = senses; ādau = in the beginning; niyamya = by regulating; bharatarṣabha = O chief amongst the descendants of Bharata; pāpmānaṃ = the great symbol of sin; prajahi = curb; hi = certainly; enaṃ = this; jñāna = of knowledge; vijñāna = and scientific knowledge of the pure soul; nāśanaṃ = the destroyer.;

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