TEXT 40

Devanagari

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥ ४० ॥

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Tekst

indriyāṇi mano buddhir
asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate
etair vimohayaty eṣa
jñānam āvṛtya dehinam

Synonyms

indriyāṇi — the senses; manaḥ — the mind; buddhiḥ — the intelligence; asya — of this lust; adhiṣṭhānam — sitting place; ucyate — is called; etaiḥ — by all these; vimohayati — bewilders; eṣaḥ — this lust; jñānam — knowledge; āvṛtya — covering; dehinam — of the embodied.

indriyāṇi — meeled; manaḥ — mõistus; buddhiḥ — arukus; asya — selle iha; adhiṣṭhānam — pesitsuspaik; ucyate — nimetatakse; etaiḥ — kõigi nendega; vimohayati — ajab segadusse; eṣaḥ — see iha; jñānam — teadmised; āvṛtya — kattes; dehinam — kehastunu.

Translation

The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.

Meeled, mõistus ja arukus on selle iha pesitsuspaigad. Nende läbi katab iha kinni elusolendi tegelikud teadmised ning ajab ta segadusse.

Purport

The enemy has captured different strategic positions in the body of the conditioned soul, and therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is giving hints of those places, so that one who wants to conquer the enemy may know where he can be found. Mind is the center of all the activities of the senses, and thus when we hear about sense objects the mind generally becomes a reservoir of all ideas of sense gratification; and, as a result, the mind and the senses become the repositories of lust. Next, the intelligence department becomes the capital of such lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor of the spirit soul. Lusty intelligence influences the spirit soul to acquire the false ego and identify itself with matter, and thus with the mind and senses. The spirit soul becomes addicted to enjoying the material senses and mistakes this as true happiness. This false identification of the spirit soul is very nicely explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.84.13):

Vaenlane on hõivanud tingimustest sõltuva hinge kehas mitmed strateegilised positsioonid ning seepärast annab Kṛṣṇa meile teada, millistes paikades vaenlane end peidab, et see, kes soovib seda vaenlast alistada, teaks tema asukohta. Mõistus on meelte kõikide tegevuste koordineerijaks ning seepärast, kuuldes meelte ihaldusobjektidest, täitub mõistus tavaliselt kõikvõimalike mõtetega võimalikest meelelistest naudingutest. Selle tulemusena muutuvad mõistus ja meeled iha pesitsuspaikadeks ning seejärel saab arukusest sellistele ihadele järeleandmise keskus. Arukus on aga vaimse hinge lähim naaber. Iha poolt vallutatud arukus sunnib vaimset hinge võtma omaks vale ego ja samastama end mateeriaga ning seeläbi mõistuse ja meeltega. Vaimne hing satub sõltuvusse materiaalsetest meelelistest naudingutest ning peab neid ekslikult tõeliseks õnneks. Seda, kuidas vaimne hing samastab end ekslikult mateeriaga, selgitatakse väga hästi „Śrīmad- Bhāgavatamis" (10.84.13):

yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke
sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ
yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij
janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ

“A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to be his kinsmen, who considers the land of birth worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there is to be considered like an ass or a cow.”

„Inimene, kes samastab end oma kolmest elemendist koosneva materiaalse kehaga, kes peab oma keha järglasi enese sugulasteks, kes kummardab oma sünnimaad ning kes läheb pühadesse palverännakupaikadesse lihtsalt suplema selle asemel, et kohtuda sealsete transtsendentaalseid teadmisi omavate isiksustega, on võrdväärne eesli või lehmaga."