Bhagavad Gita 3.40

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्॥

indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate |etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam ||

The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.

It works through the senses, the mind, and the reason; and with their help, it destroys wisdom and confounds the soul.

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.