Chapter 3: Karma Yoga, verse 6
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥
Say itkarmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran
indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate
Translation
He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in his mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite.
Swami Sivananda
One who, after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of the senses, is called a hypocrite, for they have a deluded mind.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who, controlling the organs of action, lets his mind dwell on the objects of the senses, is a deluded person and a hypocrite.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Controlling their organs of action, whoever sits with their mind pondering over sense objects—that person is a man of deluded soul and is called a man of deluded action.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who remains motionless, refusing to act, yet brooding over sensuous objects, is that deluded soul simply a hypocrite.
Shri Purohit Swami
जो कर्मेन्द्रियों- (सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियों-) को हठपूर्वक रोककर मनसे इन्द्रियोंके विषयोंका चिन्तन करता रहता है, वह मूढ़ बुद्धिवाला मनुष्य मिथ्याचारी (मिथ्या आचरण करनेवाला) कहा जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो मूढ बुद्धि पुरुष कर्मेन्द्रियों का निग्रह कर इन्द्रियों के भोगों का मन से स्मरण (चिन्तन) करता रहता है वह मिथ्याचारी (दम्भी) कहा जाता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.