।।3.40।।अधितिष्ठति एभिः अयं कामः आत्मानम् इति इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिः अस्य अधिष्ठानम्। एतैः इन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिभिः कामाधिष्ठानभूतैः विषयप्रवणैः देहिनं प्रकृतिसंसृष्टं ज्ञानम् आवृत्य विमोहयति विविधं मोहयति आत्मज्ञानविमुखं विषयानुभवपरं करोति इत्यर्थः।
3.40 The senses, the mind and the intellect are the instruments of desire in so far as it overpowers the self through them. By means of these, viz., the senses, the mind and the intellect, which have been reduced to the position of servants through attachment to sense objects, desire deludes the embodied soul caught up in Prakrti by covering up Its knowledge. Here 'deluding' means making the self a victim of manifold illusions, by turning It away from the knowledge of Its true nature, and making It indulge in sensuous experiences.
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