BG 3.40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam
Word-for-word meanings
indriyāṇi — the senses; manaḥ — the mind; buddhiḥ — [and] the intellect; ucyate — are said to be; adhiṣṭhānam — the abode or residence; asya — of this [desire]; āvṛtya — covering; jñānam — discernment; etaiḥ — by these faculties [the senses, mind, and intellect and their respective functions]; eṣaḥ — this [desire]; vimohayati — deludes; dehinam — the embodied self.
Translation
The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be the abode of desire (kāma). Covering discernment through these faculties, desire deludes the embodied self.