इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate |etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ||
- इन्द्रियाणि · indriyāṇi
- the senses
- मनः · manaḥ
- the mind
- बुद्धिः · buddhiḥ
- the intellect
- अस्य · asya
- of it (desire)
- अधिष्ठानम् · adhiṣṭhānam
- the seat, stronghold
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
- एतैः · etaiḥ
- through these
- विमोहयति · vimohayati
- it deludes
- एषः · eṣaḥ
- this (foe)
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- wisdom
- आवृत्य · āvṛtya
- having enveloped
- देहिनम् · dehinam
- the embodied one
“The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its strongholds. Through these it deludes the embodied one, enveloping wisdom.”
— Original plain-language translation
The enemy's fortresses are mapped so they can be besieged in order — senses first, then mind, then judgment. Delusion works by occupying each level of knowing. The battle plan of the next two verses follows this ladder upward.
— Reader's notes (original)