Bhagavad Gita 3.41

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्॥

tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha |pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam ||

Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.

Therefore, O Arjuna, first control your senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin and is the destroyer of knowledge and wisdom.

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