Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these it deludes the embodied being by veiling his wisdom.
BG 3.40
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते । एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate | etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ||
"Desire operates at all three levels — senses, mind, intellect. It covers knowledge at each and deludes completely."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these it deludes the embodied one by veiling his wisdom.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its abode; through these it deludes the embodied, veiling his wisdom.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]The senses, intellect, the mind — these are its seat! Through these it fools and cheats the living man, Veiling his wisdom.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]The senses, the mind, and the intellect are called its seat; through these it deludes the soul by veiling its wisdom.