।।3.42।।ज्ञानविरोधे प्रधानानि इन्द्रियाणि आहुः यत इन्द्रियेषु विषयव्यापृतेषु आत्मनि ज्ञानं न प्रवर्तते इन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः इन्द्रियेषु उपरतेषु अपि मनसि विषयप्रवणे आत्मज्ञानं न संभवति। मनसः तु परा बुद्धिः मनसि विषयान्तरविमुखे अपि विपरीताध्यवसायप्रवृत्तायां बुद्धौ न आत्मज्ञानं प्रवर्तते। सर्वेषु बुद्धिपर्यन्तेषु उपरतेषु अपि इच्छापर्यायः कामो रजःसमुद्भवो वर्तते चेत् स एव एतानि इन्द्रियादीनि अपि स्वविषयेषु वर्तयित्वा आत्मज्ञानं निरुणद्धि तदिदम् उच्यते यो बुद्धेः परतः तु सः इति बुद्धेः अपि यः परः स काम इत्यर्थः।
3.42 The senses are called the important obstacles of knowledge, because when the senses keep operating on their objects, the knowledge of the self cannot arise. 'The mind is higher than the senses': even if the senses are withdrawn, if the Manas (mind) ruminates over sense objects, knowledge of the self cannot be had. 'The intellect (Buddhi) is greater than the mind', i.e., even if the mind is indifferent to sense objects, a perverted decision by the intellect can obstruct the dawn of the knowledge of the self. But even if all of them upto the intellect are ietened from their activity, still when desire, identified with will, originating from Rajas, is operating, it by itself obstructs the knowledge of the self by inducing the senses etc., to operate in their fields. Thus it is said here: 'But what is greater than intellect is that.' What is greater than the intellect - is desire. Such is the sense of the last sentence here.
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