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Bhagavad Gita 3.37

Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग

Shri Krishna said · श्रीभगवान ने कहा

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥

kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ |mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam ||

Meaning of Gita 3.37 in English

Krishna answers that it is desire, and anger that grows out of it, both born of restless passion. It is never satisfied and is greatly harmful — know it as the enemy here.

गीता 3.37 का हिंदी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि यह काम (इच्छा) है, और उसी से उपजा क्रोध, जो रजोगुण से पैदा होते हैं। यह कभी तृप्त नहीं होता और बहुत बुरा है — इसे ही यहाँ शत्रु जानो।

desireangerlustinner enemy

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.