Sanskrit · Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच। काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
śrībhagavānuvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882It is desire, it is wrath, born from the quality of passion it is very ravenous, very sinful. Know that that is the foe in this world. As fire is enveloped by smoke
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.37।। ऐश्वर्यस्य समग्रस्य धर्मस्य यशसः श्रियः। वैराग्यस्याथ मोक्षस्य षण्णां भग इतीरणा (विष्णु पु0 6।5।74) ऐश्वर्यादिषट्कं यस्मिन् वासुदेवे नित्यमप्रतिबद्धत्वेन सामस्त्येन च वर्तते उत्पत्तिं प्रलयं चैव भूतानामागतिं गतिम्। वेत्ति विद्यामविद्यां च स वाच्यो भगवानिति (विष्णु प0 6।5।78) उत्पत्त्यादिविषयं च विज्ञानं यस्य स वासुदेवः वाच्यः भगवान् इति।।काम एषः सर्वलोकशत्रुः यन्निमित्ता सर्वानर्थप्राप्तिः प्राणिनाम्। स एष कामः प्रतिहतः केनचित् क्रोधत्वेन परिणमते। अतः क्रोधः अपि एष एव रजोगुणसमुद्भवः रजश्च तत् गुणश्च रजोगुणः सः समुद्भवः यस्य सः कामः रजोगुणसमुद्भवः रजोगुणस्य वा समुद्भवः। कामो हि उद्भूतः रजः प्रवर्तयन् पुरुषं प्रवर्तयति तृष्णया हि अहं कारितः इति दुःखिनां रजःकार्ये सेवादौ प्रवृत्तानां प्रलापः श्रूयते। महाशनः महत् अशनं अस्येति महाशनः अत एव महापाप्मा कामेन हि प्रेरितः जन्तुः पापं करोति। अतः विद्धि एनं कामम् इह संसारे वैरिणम्।।कथं वैरी इति दृष्टान्तैः प्रत्याययति
6f4a89b026f2…Rāmānuja
3.37 The Lord said The highly ravenous desire is born of the Guna Rajas originating from old subtle impressions. It has for its objects sound and other sense contacts. It is a foe to him who is practising Jnana Yoga, as he is joined with Prakrti constituted of the Gunas which rise and subside periodically. It attracts him towards the objects of the senses. It is this desire alone which, when hampered, develops into anger towards those persons who are the cause of such hindrance. It is a powerful cause of sin. It incites the aspirant to do harm to others. Know this, which is born of the Guna called Rajas, as the natural enemy of Jnana Yogins.
228ea2f66ff1…Swami Sivananda
3.37 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).
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