Chapter 3: Karma Yoga – Transforming All Activities into Yoga: Verse 37
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भव: ।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ।।
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇa-samudbhava:
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy-enam-iha vairiṇam – 3.37
Lord Krishna said: It is desire, it is anger, born of rajo-guṇa. It is of insatiable hunger and thirst, propelling one to great sinfulness. Know it as your great enemy in the world.
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga – Transforming All Activities into Yoga - Verse 37
Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
Everyone is born with a body. As it grows with food and nourishment, the mind and intelligence also develop. These have their potential and possibilities, which determine the growth, quality and advancement of life. While the process is on, some negative traits also find their place, and interfere.
Be alert in safeguarding against them and the consequent danger. Krishna elucidates the susceptibilities and the fall they are likely to bring about.
Mind often generates passion, to get engulfed by it. When its course is hindered, it turns into grave intolerance and violent anger. Know this passion to be the strong enemy of the human, lurking in one’s own body. Discretion alone will reform, refine and enlighten the seeker well, and avoid such calamity.
