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16.21Krishna
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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥

trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanam ātmanaḥ |kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṃ tyajet ||

त्रिविधम् · trividham
threefold
नरकस्य · narakasya
of hell, ruin
इदम् · idam
this
द्वारम् · dvāram
gate
नाशनम् · nāśanam
destroying
कामः · kāmaḥ
craving
क्रोधः · krodhaḥ
anger
लोभः · lobhaḥ
greed
तस्मात् · tasmāt
therefore
एतत् त्रयम् · etat trayam
these three
त्यजेत् · tyajet
one should abandon

Threefold is this gate of ruin that destroys the self — craving, anger, and greed. Therefore abandon this trio.

Original plain-language translation

IN SHORT Craving, anger, and greed wreck you, so walk away from all three.

From diagnosis to prescription in one line: the three gates already named as hell's doors in the Upanishads. Craving breeds greed; blocked craving becomes anger — one root, three branches. Renouncing them is the whole of the cure. It is like three open manholes on one rainy street that every hurried walker must learn to avoid.

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