BG 3.43

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥
evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā
jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam

Word-for-word meanings

mahā-bāho — O mighty-armed one;  buddhvā — knowing [the self];  evam — thus;  param — as superior;  buddheḥ — to the intellect;  saṁstabhya — [and] stabilizing;  ātmānam — the mind [manas];  ātmanā — by resolute intellect [niścayātmikā-buddhi];  jahi — destroy;  durāsadam — [this] formidable;  śatrum — enemy;  kāma-rūpam — in the form of desire.

Translation

O mighty-armed Arjuna, knowing the self as thus superior to the intellect and stabilizing the mind [manas] by resolute intellect [niścayātmikā-buddhi], destroy this formidable enemy in the form of desire.

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