Bhagavad Gita · 3.37
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ |
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
कामःkāmaḥlust, passionate desire.
एषःeṣaḥthis.
क्रोधःkrodhaḥanger.
एषःeṣaḥthis.
रजोगुणसमुद्भवःrajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥborn (samudbhavaḥ) of the mode of passion (rajo-guṇa).
महाशनःmahā-aśanaḥall-devouring (lit. “great eater”).
महापाप्माmahā-pāpmāthe great sin, the embodiment of sin.
विद्धिviddhiknow.
एनम्enamit.
इहihahere, in this world.
वैरिणम्vairiṇamas the enemy.
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: “It is lust (kāma), which, [when unsatisfied], turns into anger (krodha). It is born of the mode of passion. Know it to be the all-devouring, great sin and your chief enemy in this world.”
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