Saturday, February 27, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 42

इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः ।
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ॥३- ४२॥

indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ ।

manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ ॥3- 42॥

They said, the senses are superior, the mind is superior to the senses, but intelligence is superior to the mind. But who is superior to intelligence is that one.   



Word-for-word translations


indriyāṇi (neuter, nominative, plural) = senses 


parāṇi (neuter, nominative, plural) = superior


āhus (past tense, 3rd person, plural) = they said


indriyebhyas (ablative of comparison) (neuter, ablative, plural) = than the senses


param (neuter, nominative, singular) = superior


manas (neuter, nominative, singular) = mind


manasas (ablative of comparison) (neuter, ablative, singular) = than the mind 

tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but


parā (feminine, nominative, singular) = superior 


buddhis (feminine, nominative, singular) = intelligence 


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


buddhes (ablative of comparison) (feminine, ablative, singular) = than the intelligence 


paratas (adverb) (indeclinable) = higher


tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but


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

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