BG 3.37
श्रीभगवानुवाच
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān replied; eṣaḥ — [it is] this; kāmaḥ — material desire; samudbhavaḥ — born of; rajaḥ-guṇa — the guṇa of passion; krodhaḥ eṣaḥ — [and which later transforms into] this anger; mahā-aśanaḥ — [that is] insatiable; mahā-pāpmā — [and] highly inauspicious; viddhi — know; enam — this; vairiṇam — as the enemy; iha — here [on the path of liberation].
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān replied: It is material desire (kāma), born from the guṇa of passion (rajas) and which later transforms into anger, that is insatiable and highly inauspicious. Know it to be the enemy on the path of liberation.