3.37
Chapter 3, Verse 37
श्री भगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्৷৷
śrī bhagavānuvāca kāma ēṣa krōdha ēṣa rajōguṇasamudbhavaḥ. mahāśanō mahāpāpmā viddhyēnamiha vairiṇam৷৷
Translation
Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
कामः desire, एषः this, क्रोधः anger, एषः this, रजोगुणसमुद्भवः born of the Rajoguna, महाशनः alldevouring, महापाप्मा allsinful, विद्धि know, एनम् this, इह here, वैरिणम् the foe. Commentary: Bhagavan Bhaga means the six attributes, viz., Jnana (knowledge), Vairagya (dispassion), Kirti (fame), Aishvarya (divine manifestations and excellences), Sri (wealth), and Bala (might). He who possesses these six attributes and who has a perfect knowledge of the origin and the end of the universe is Bhagavan or the Lord.The cause of all sin and wrong action in this world is desire. Anger is desire itself. When a desire is not gratified, the man becomes angry against those who stand as obstacles on the path of fulfilment.The desire is born of the ality of Rajas. When desire arises, it generates Rajas and urges the man to work in order to possess the object. Therefore, know that this desire is mans foe on this earth. (Cf.XVI.21).
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.