श्रीभगवान् उवाच
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ॥
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्य् एनम् इह वैरिणम् ॥
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर् यथादर्शो मलेन च ॥
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस् तथा तेनेदम् आवृतम् ॥
आवृतं ज्ञानम् एतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा ॥
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिर् अस्याधिष्ठानम् उच्यते ॥
एतैर् विमोहयत्य् एष ज्ञानम् आवृत्य देहिनम् ॥
तस्मात् त्वम् इन्द्रियाण्य् आदौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ॥
पाप्मानं प्रजहिह्य् एनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ॥
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्य् आहुर् इन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः ॥
मनसस् तु परा बुद्धिर् यो बुद्धेः परतस् तु सः ॥
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानम् आत्मना ॥
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ ||
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca ||
yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam ||
āvṛtaṃ jñānam etena jñānino nityavairiṇā ||
kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate ||
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ||
tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau niyamya bharatarṣabha ||
pāpmānaṃ prajahihy enaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam ||
indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ ||
manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ ||
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā ||
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam ||
Shri Bhagavan said: "This is desire, this is anger, born of the guna of rajas; know it here as the enemy — a great devourer and a great sinner. As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror by dust, and as an embryo is covered by its caul, so by this is knowledge covered. O son of Kunti, the knowledge of the wise is covered by this eternal enemy in the form of desire, insatiable as fire. The senses, the mind, and the buddhi are called its seat; through these it deludes the embodied one, having hidden his knowledge. Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, first restrain the senses, and cast off this sinful thing that destroys knowledge and realization. The senses are said to be powerful; higher than the senses is the mind, higher than the mind is the buddhi, and higher than the buddhi is he, the atman. Thus, having known that which is higher than the buddhi, and having steadied yourself by the self, O mighty-armed one, slay this hard-to-approach enemy in the form of desire."
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The chapter closes with a practical hierarchy of the inner struggle: the senses, the mind, the buddhi, and the atman. Desire is overcome not through hatred of the body, but by restoring the right order, in which the intellect is subordinated to the spiritual self and directed toward Krishna.