Chapter 3 · Verse 42The Yoga of Action
Bhagavad Gita 3.42
BG 3.42 — Chapter 3 (The Yoga of Action), Verse 42, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः | मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ||३-४२||
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indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ . manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ ||3-42||
Roman: indriyani paranyahurindriyebhyah param manah . manasastu para buddhiryo buddheh paratastu sah
They say that the senses are superior (to the body); superior to the senses is the mind; superior to the mind is the intellect; one who is superior even to the intellect is He (the Self).