Word
indriyāṇi
Used in 14 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- senses (7)
- the senses (6)
- the organs of action (1)
Every verse
- 2.58यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।yadā sanharate chāyaṁ kūrmo ’ṅgānīva sarvaśhaḥWhen, like the tortoise which withdraws all its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.Here: senses
- 2.60यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥThe turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.Here: the senses
- 2.61तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥHaving restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.Here: senses
- 2.68तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛihītāni sarvaśhaḥTherefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense objects.Here: senses
- 3.6कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaranHe who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in his mind, he of deluded understanding is called a hypocrite.Here: the organs of action
- 3.7यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjunaBut whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, without attachment, he excels.Here: the senses
- 3.40इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyateThe senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.Here: the senses
- 3.41तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣhabhaTherefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.Here: senses
- 3.42इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥThey say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the…Here: senses
- 4.26श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।śhrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye sanyamāgniṣhu juhvatiSome again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and other objects of the senses as a sacrifice in the…Here: senses
- 5.8नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vitI do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.Here: the senses
- 5.9प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि।pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayanSpeaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.Here: the senses
- 13.6महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva chaThe great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.Here: the senses
- 15.7ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥAn eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, abiding in Nature.Here: senses