3.34 They sit in the senses Krishna speaks
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ
तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣhau vyavasthitau
tayor na vaśham āgachchhet tau hyasya paripanthinau
Attraction and aversion sit in the senses toward their objects. Do not come under their power; they are the obstacle.
Explanation
They sit in the senses, and that is where to catch them.
Attraction and aversion — rāga-dveṣau — sit in the senses toward their objects. Do not come under their power.
Given 3.33, this is the practical remainder. Nature cannot be suppressed, but the point where it becomes compulsion is locatable, and that is where the work is.
Word by word
- indriyasya
- of the senses
- indriyasya arthe
- in the sense objects
- rāga
- attachment
- dveṣhau
- aversion
- vyavasthitau
- situated
- tayoḥ
- of them
- na
- never
- vaśham
- be controlled
- āgachchhet
- should become
- tau
- those
- hi
- certainly
- asya
- for him
- paripanthinau
- foes
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