Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 16.21

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मन: काम: क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्

tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet

Recitation · Text 16.21
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (14 words)

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Threefold is this gate of hell, destructive of the self: desire, anger and greed. Therefore one should abandon these three. After twenty verses of description, the practical instruction reduces to three words.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:After twenty verses of description, the instruction reduces to three words.