Bhagavad Gita 3.6
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् ।इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥
karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran |indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate ||
Meaning of Gita 3.6 in English
One who holds back the body from acting but keeps dwelling on sense pleasures in the mind is fooling themselves and is called a pretender.
गीता 3.6 का हिंदी अर्थ
जो शरीर से कर्म रोक लेता है पर मन में विषयों का चिंतन करता रहता है, वह मूढ़ अपने को धोखा देता है और पाखंडी कहलाता है।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.