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The senses are said to be greater than the body but greater than the senses is the mind. Greater than the mind is the intellect and what is greater than the intellect are you, the self. Thus Arjuna, knowing the self which is higher than the intellect and subduing the mind by reason, kill this enemy in the form of desire that is very hard to overcome.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.6

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As fire is covered by smoke, mirror by dust, so is knowledge covered by desire. The senses, the mind and the intellect are declared to be its seat; covering the knowledge through these, it (desire) deludes the embodied soul.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.5

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The fool whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, “I am the doer”. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the mind of those ignorant of imperfect knowledge. Attraction and repulsion are rooted in all sense-objects. Man should never allow himself to be swayed by them because these are the two principal enemies standing in the way of his redemption.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.4

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Arjuna, a person who does not follow the wheel of creation i.e. does not perform his duties and leads a sinful and sensual life, he lives in vain. Therefore, go on efficiently doing your duty at all times without attachment. By doing work without attachment, man attains the supreme.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.3

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A person who outwardly restraining the organs of senses and action, sits mentally dwelling on the objects of senses, that man of deluded intellect is called a hypocrite. Therefore, do perform your allotted duty, as action is superior to inaction. Desisting from action, you cannot even maintain your body.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.2

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A person cannot attain freedom from action without entering upon action. He / She cannot reach perfection merely by ceasing to act. Surely, none can ever remain inactive even for a moment. Everyone is helplessly driven to action by modes of Prakriti.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 3, #3.1

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God realized souls who move free from attachment, egoism and thrust for enjoyment get themselves established in this state even at the last moment attains brahmic bliss.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 2, #2.11

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As the water of different rivers enter the ocean which though full on all sides remains undisturbed; likewise, he in whom all enjoyments merge themselves without causing disturbance attains peace; not he who hankers after such enjoyments.

Shri Krishna, Chapter 2, #2.10