यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन | कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ||३-७||
yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate.arjuna . karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate ||3-7||
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- manasā
- by the mind
- niyamya
- regulating
- ārabhate
- begins
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- karma-indriyaiḥ
- by the active sense organs
- karma-yogam
- devotion
- asaktaḥ
- without attachment
- saḥ
- he
- viśiṣyate
- is by far the better
On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active senses by the mind and begins karma-yoga [in Kṛṣṇa consciousness] without attachment, he is by far superior.