Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 40

Chapter 3/Verse 40 

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥३- ४०॥

indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate ।
etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam ॥3- 40॥

It is said, the senses, mind, intelligence are the abode of it [rajas, the imperishable enemy]. By these [the senses, mind, intelligence], having covered knowledge, that [covered knowledge] causes confusion in the embodied one. 


Word-for-word translation

indriyāṇi (neuter, nominative, plural) = the senses 

manas (neuter, nominative, singular) = mind

buddhis (feminine, nominative, singular) = intelligence

asya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of it 

adhiṣṭhānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = abode

ucyate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it is said 


etais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by these

vimohayati (present indicative, causative, 3rd person, singular) = it causes confusion 

eṣa (masculine, nominative, singular) = that 

jñānam (neuter, accusative, singular) = knowledge 

āvṛtya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having covered 

dehinam (masculine, accusative, singular) = the embodied one