Chapter 3, Verse 43
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना। जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā. jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam.।3.43.।
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- एवम्
- thus
- बुद्धेः
- than the intellect/reason
- परम्
- superior/higher (the Self)
- बुद्ध्वा
- having known/realized
- संस्तभ्य
- having steadied/restrained
- आत्मानम्
- the self (lower self/mind)
- आत्मना
- by the Self (higher self/reason)
- जहि
- slay/destroy
- शत्रुम्
- the enemy
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one
- कामरूपम्
- having the form of desire
- दुरासदम्
- difficult to overcome/hard to approach
Commentary
43. Then knowing Him who is superior to reason, subduing the self by the self, slay thou, O mighty-armed, the enemy in the form of desire, bard to conquer.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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एवम्
बुद्धेः
परम्
बुद्ध्वा
संस्तभ्य
आत्मानम्
आत्मना
जहि
शत्रुम्
महाबाहो
कामरूपम्
दुरासदम्
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