Bhagavad Gita 3.37
श्री भगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ. mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam.3.37.
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- काम एष
- this desire
- क्रोध एष
- this anger
- रजः-गुण-समुद्भवः
- born from the quality (guna) of rajas (passion)
- महाशनः
- all-devouring / insatiable
- महापाप्मा
- greatly sinful / the great evil one
- विद्धि
- know (imperative)
- एनम्
- this (one)
- इह
- here, in this world
- वैरिणम्
- as the enemy
Commentary
37. It is desire, it is wrath, born of the energy of Rajas* all-devouring, all sinful ; that, know thou, is the foe here.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
काम एष
क्रोध एष
रजः-गुण-समुद्भवः
महाशनः
महापाप्मा
विद्धि
एनम्
इह
वैरिणम्
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