श्रीभगवानुवाच ।काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ |mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- कामः · kāmaḥ
- desire, craving
- एषः · eṣaḥ
- this
- क्रोधः · krodhaḥ
- anger
- रजोगुणसमुद्भवः · rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ
- arising from the quality of passion
- महाशनः · mahāśanaḥ
- great devourer, all-consuming
- महापाप्मा · mahāpāpmā
- great evil
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- एनम् · enam
- this
- इह · iha
- here
- वैरिणम् · vairiṇam
- as the foe
“The Blessed Lord said: It is desire, it is anger, arising from the quality of passion — the great devourer, the great evil. Know this as the foe here.”
— Original plain-language translation
One enemy with two faces: desire gratified or thwarted becomes anger. Born of rajas, it devours merit like an unappeasable fire — verse 39 will call it insatiable. Naming the foe precisely is the first step to defeating it.
— Reader's notes (original)