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
- आत्मनः · ātmanaḥ
- of the self
- 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.
— Reader's notes (original)