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3.43Krishna
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एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā |jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam ||

एवम् · evam
thus
परम् · param
the higher (self)
बुद्ध्वा · buddhvā
having known
संस्तभ्य · saṃstabhya
having steadied, strengthened
आत्मना · ātmanā
by the self (higher)
जहि · jahi
slay
शत्रुम् · śatrum
the enemy
महाबाहो · mahābāho
O mighty-armed one
कामरूपम् · kāmarūpam
whose form is desire
दुरासदम् · durāsadam
hard to conquer

Thus, knowing what is beyond the intellect, steadying the self by the self, O mighty-armed one — slay the enemy whose form is desire, so hard to conquer.

Original plain-language translation

IN SHORT Know your deeper strength, steady yourself, and face craving head-on.

The chapter closes as it must: with a war-cry. Established in the self beyond intellect, Arjuna can steady the lower self by the higher and strike. The outer Kurukshetra battle becomes the image of the inner one — desire itself is the foe to slay. Like spotting the phone distraction itself as the real opponent during study hours.

Reader's notes (original)