Sanskrit
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ । तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau
Translation
Affection and aversion for the objects of sense abide in the senses; let none come under the dominion of these two; they are obstructors of the path.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The practical answer to verse 33’s determinism problem: since nature can’t be overridden wholesale, the real leverage point is raga and dvesha, attraction and aversion, named here as the obstructors rather than nature itself. It’s a narrower, more achievable target than suppressing prakriti, and it sets up the question Arjuna asks next.