श्रीभगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भव: | महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्
śhrī bhagavān uvācha kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśhano mahā-pāpmā viddhyenam iha vairiṇam
Recitation · Text 3.37
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna answers in one word and then doubles it: it is desire, it is anger — born of rajo-guṇa, all-devouring and greatly harmful. Know this, he says, as the enemy here. Desire and anger are treated as one thing wearing two faces.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Desire and anger are treated as one thing wearing two faces — anger is what desire becomes when obstructed.