3.7
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन ।
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥
yas tv indriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate 'rjuna
karmendriyaiḥ karmayogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate
śrībhagavān (श्रीभगवान्) is speaking, and tu (तु) turns the verse from the pretender to the other man.
The verse
But he who controls the senses with the mind and undertakes the yoga of action with the organs of action, unattached, excels, Arjuna (अर्जुन).
नेपालीमा
तर जसले मनले इन्द्रियहरू वशमा राखेर, आसक्ति नराखी, कर्मका इन्द्रियहरूले कर्मको योग थाल्छ, हे अर्जुन, त्यो श्रेष्ठ हुन्छ।
Where it sits
3.6 was the man who sits and remembers, and this is the man the chapter will keep, senses held by the mind and the organs of action at work. The next verse tells Arjuna (अर्जुन) to be this man.
Split: यः + तु + इन्द्रियाणि + मनसा + नियम्य + आरभते + अर्जुन + कर्म-इन्द्रियैः + कर्म-योगम् + असक्तः + सः + विशिष्यते
yaḥ + tu + indriyāṇi + manasā + niyamya + ārabhate + arjuna + karma-indriyaiḥ + karma-yogam + asaktaḥ + saḥ + viśiṣyate
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| यः | yaḥ | nominative | who. |
| तु | tu | indeclinable | but. |
| इन्द्रियाणि | indriyāṇi | accusative plural | the senses. |
| मनसा | manasā | instrumental | with the mind. |
| नियम्य | niyamya | gerund of ni-yam (नि-यम्) | having controlled. |
| आरभते | ārabhate | present, 3rd singular, middle of ā-rabh (आ-रभ्) | he undertakes. |
| अर्जुन | arjuna | vocative | Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
| कर्म-इन्द्रियैः | karma-indriyaiḥ | instrumental plural | with the organs of action. |
| कर्म-योगम् | karma-yogam | accusative | the yoga of action. |
| असक्तः | asaktaḥ | nominative | unattached. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. |
| विशिष्यते | viśiṣyate | present, 3rd singular, middle of vi-śiṣ (वि-शिष्) | he excels, he stands out. |
The phrases
यस् त्व् इन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्य आरभते yas tv indriyāṇi manasā niyamya ārabhate is the man. But who, having controlled the senses with the mind, begins the work. यः + तु yaḥ + tu is yas tu (यस्तु), visarga before t (त्) becoming s (स्). तु + इन्द्रियाणि tu + indriyāṇi is tv indriyāṇi (त्विन्द्रियाणि), उ + इ u + i becoming v (व्).
ārabhate 'rjuna (आरभते ऽर्जुन) names the hearer in the middle of the line. ए + अ e + a keeps the e (ए) and drops the a (अ).
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगम् असक्तः स विशिष्यते karmendriyaiḥ karmayogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate is what he begins, and the judgment. With the organs of action he takes up the yoga of action, unattached, and that man excels. The organs that 3.6 had only tied shut are the organs this man works with.
Sanskrit in this line
saḥ (सः) before a consonant is recited sa (स), not सो sa. sa viśiṣyate (स विशिष्यते). The nominative of tad (तद्) drops its visarga in front of a consonant. Do not "correct" the line to so viśiṣyate (सो विशिष्यते). That o (ओ) is the ordinary rule for other words in aḥ (अः). This pronoun does not follow it.
Say it back
Say what he controls, what he starts, and the word that says he is not clinging to it. If asaktaḥ (असक्तः) is missing, he has become the man of 3.6 with his hands busy.