यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन ।कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥ ३-७॥

yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna ।karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate ॥ 3-7॥

यस = yas (m. nom. sg.), who.; 

तु = tu, but.; 

इन्द्रियाणि = indriyani (n. acc. pl.), senses, powers.; 

मनसा = manasa (n. inst. sg.), by the mind, with the mind.; 

नियम्य = niyamya (gerund ni *yam), controlling, sub-duing.; 

अरभते = arabhate (3rd sg. pr. indic. mid. a *rambh), he undertakes, he commences, he begins, he engages.; 

ऽर्जुन = arjuna (m. voc. sg.), arjuna.; 

कर्मेन्द्रियैः = karmendriyais (karma indriyais, m. inst. pl. TP cpd.), by the organs of action, by the powers of action.; 

कर्मयोगम = karmayoga = karmayogam (m. acc. sg. TP cpd.), action-Yoga, the Yoga of action.; 

असक्तः = asaktas (m. nom. sg. p. pass. participle a .*sanj), unattached, not hanging onto.; 

स = sas (m. nom. sg.), he, this.; 

विशिष्यते = visisyate (3rd sg. pr. pass. vi . *sis), he is dis-tinguished, he is superior.