BG - 3.37

श्री भगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

śhrī bhagavān uvācha kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśhano mahā-pāpmā viddhyenam iha vairiṇam

• śhri-bhagavān uvācha - the Supreme Lord said
• kāmaḥ - desire
• eṣhaḥ - this
• krodhaḥ - wrath
• eṣhaḥ - this
• rajaḥ-guṇa - the mode of passion
• samudbhavaḥ - born of
• mahā-aśhanaḥ - all-devouring
• mahā-pāpmā - greatly sinful
• viddhi - know
• enam - this
• iha - in the material world
• vairiṇam - the enemy

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."

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