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Verse 3·6

The futility of mere external renunciation

TopicsTyāga & Sannyāsa — RenunciationTeaching arc · The Action Imperative

Verse

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् ।इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥

Who controls the organs of action, but continues in his mind to remember and dwell upon the objects of sense, such a man has bewildered himself with false notions of self-discipline.

Gītā 3·6

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in