Verset 3.41

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ।

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ॥

3.41

Translittération

tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha |

pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam ||

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Traduction

Therefore, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), controlling the senses first, do thou kill this sinful thing, the destroyer of knowledge and realisation.

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Mot à mot

therefore
you
the senses
first
controlling
O best of the Bharatas

the sinful one
slay
surely
this
destroyer of knowledge and wisdom

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Having shown where desire is entrenched, Krishna tells Arjuna how to begin the fight against it: start with the senses. Once these are controlled, desire can be destroyed. Krishna calls it the destroyer of jñāna and vijñāna, which many render as knowledge and realisation, or theoretical understanding and direct experience. The military language, strike down this enemy, is fitting for a warrior. Krishna is giving Arjuna a battle more important than the one on the field, though the two are not unrelated.