Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 7

Chapter3/Verse 7

यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन ।
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥३- ७॥

yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna ।
karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate ॥3- 7॥

But who having controlled the senses by the mind, unattached one commences the yoga of action by the senses of action, O Arjuna, That one is superior.


Word-for-word translations

yas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = who

tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but

indriyāṇi (neuter, accusative, plural) = senses

manasā (neuter, instrumental, singular) = by the mind

niyamya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having controlled 

ārabhate (present indicative) (3rd person, singular) = one commences 

arjuna (masculine, vocative, singular) = O Arjuna

karmendriyais (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by the senses of action

karmayogam (masculine, accusative, singular) = the yoga of action

asaktas (past passive participle) (masculine, nominative, singular) = unattached 

sa (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that one

viśiṣyate (passive, 3rd person, singular) = one is superior