Word meanings
- tasmāt
- therefore
- tvam
- you
- indriyāṇi
- senses
- ādau
- in the very beginning
- niyamya
- having controlled
- bharata-ṛṣabha
- Arjun, the best of the Bharatas
- pāpmānam
- the sinful
- prajahi
- slay
- hi
- certainly
- enam
- this
- jñāna
- knowledge
- vijñāna
- realization
- nāśanam
- the destroyer
Translations
Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.
Therefore, O Arjuna, first control your senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin and is the destroyer of knowledge and wisdom.
Therefore, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, after first controlling the organs, completely renounce this one which is sinful and a destroyer of learning and wisdom.
इसलिये हे भरतवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! तू सबसे पहले इन्द्रियोंको वशमें करके इस ज्ञान और विज्ञानका नाश करनेवाले महान् पापी कामको अवश्य ही बलपूर्वक मार डाल।Commentary
Jnana is knowledge obtained through the study of scriptures. This is indirect knowledge or Paroksha Jnana. Vijnana is direct knowledge or personal experience or Anubhava through Selfrealisation or Aparoksha Jnana. Control the senses first and then kill desire.