40.indhriyaaNi mano budDhih asya aDhishTaanam uchyathe
ethaiH vimohayathi esha jnaanam aavrthya dhehinam
The indhriyas, mind and intellect are the seat of this (desire). By these it deludes the embodied self by obscuring the knowledge.
41. thasmaath thvam indhriyaaNyaadhou
niyamya bharatharshaBha
paapmaanam prajahi hi enam jnaanavijnaananaasanam
Therefore, oh bull among men, by controlling the indhriyas in the very beginning kill this sinful one, paapmaanam, which destroys both knowledge and realization.
The first step towards fighting the enemy consists in locating him.
The individual jiva, embodied soul is like a king with a prime minister and deputy prime minister, namely, the intellect and the mind. The ten senses are the officers under them. The desire is the enemy who enters the city, the heart, disguised as a friend and first brings the officers, indhriyas, under his influence, who introduce him to the mind, the deputy prime minister, who is fickle and easily swayed by temptation. The enemy offers bribes of sensual enjoyments The intellect, the prime minister, though wise, lacks discrimination and yields to the temptation. Then the king is also dragged into the mire and robbed of his inherited wealth, the joy divine.
Hence
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