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Bhagavad Gita 3.37

श्री भगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।

śhrī bhagavān uvācha kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśhano mahā-pāpmā viddhyenam iha vairiṇam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhri-bhagavān uvāchaśhri-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
kāmaḥkāmaḥdesire
eṣhaḥeṣhaḥthis
krodhaḥkrodhaḥwrath
eṣhaḥeṣhaḥthis
rajaḥ-guṇarajaḥ-guṇathe mode of passion
samudbhavaḥsamudbhavaḥborn of
mahā-aśhanaḥmahā-aśhanaḥall-devouring
mahā-pāpmāmahā-pāpmāgreatly sinful
viddhividdhiknow
enamenamthis
ihaihain the material world
vairiṇamvairiṇamthe enemy

The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- रजोगुण में उत्पन्न हुई यह 'कामना' है,  यही क्रोध है; यह महाशना (जिसकी भूख बड़ी हो) और महापापी है, इसे ही तुम यहाँ (इस जगत् में) शत्रु जानो।।