Sanskrit · Devanagari
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः। कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥
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trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Threefold is this way, to hell,-ruinous to the self,—lust, anger, and likewise avarice therefore one should abandon this triad.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।16.21।। --,त्रिविधं त्रिप्रकारं नरकस्य प्राप्तौ इदं द्वारं नाशनम् आत्मनः? यत् द्वारं प्रविशन्नेव नश्यति आत्मा कस्मैचित् पुरुषार्थाय योग्यो न भवति इत्येतत्? अतः उच्यते द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः इति। किं तत् कामः क्रोधः तथा लोभः। तस्मात् एतत् त्रयं त्यजेत्। यतः एतत् द्वारं नाशनम् आत्मनः तस्मात् कामादित्रयमेतत् त्यजेत्।।त्यागस्तुतिरियम् --,
867b44832822…Rāmānuja
16.21 Those three which constitute the 'gateway of this hell' in the shape of demoniac nature, and are destructive of the self (Atman) - are known as desire, wrath and greed. The nature of these has already been explained. 'Gateway' (Dvara) means the path, the cause. Therefore, one should renounce these three. Therefore, since they constitute the cause of the extremely dreadful Naraka, one should wholly renounce this triad - desire, wrath and greed.
9e2f987f92d5…Swami Sivananda
16.21 त्रिविधम् triple? नरकस्य of hell? इदम् this? द्वारम् gate? नाशनम् destructive? आत्मनः of the self? कामः lust? क्रोधः anger? तथा also? लोभः greed? तस्मात् therefore? एतत् this? त्रयम् three? त्यजेत् (one) should abandon.Commentary Lust? anger and greed? -- these highway robbers will cause a man to fall into the dark abyss of hell? misery or grief. These are the three fountainheads of misery. These three constitute the gateway leading to the lowest of hells. These are the enemies of peace? devotion and knowledge. When these evil modifications of the mind arise in it? man loses his balance or poise and discrimination and commits various evil actions.Lust? anger and greed denote selfblindness and ignorance? for there are no Vasanas? wants? anger? or greed in Brahman or the pure immortal Self.Narakasya dvaram The gate to hell The gate leading to hell. The self is destroyed by merely entering at the gate? i.e.? it is not fit to do any right exertion to attain the goal of life.As this gate causes selfdestruction? let everyone renounce these three. (Cf.III.47)In the next verse the man who has abandoned these three evils is highyl eulogised.
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