एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā |jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam ||
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- बुद्धेः · buddheḥ
- than the intellect
- परम् · param
- the higher (self)
- बुद्ध्वा · buddhvā
- having known
- संस्तभ्य · saṃstabhya
- having steadied, strengthened
- आत्मानम् · ātmānam
- the self (lower mind)
- 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)