BG 7.11

बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।
धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥
balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam
dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha

Word-for-word meanings

bharata-ṛṣabha — O lord of the Bharatas;  aham — I [am];  balam — the strength;  balavatām — of the strong;  vivarjitam — devoid of;  kāma — hankering;  rāga — [and] attachment;  ca — and;  bhūteṣu — in human beings;  asmi — I am;  kāmaḥ — desire or passion;  dharma-aviruddhaḥ — [that is] unopposed to scriptural injunctions.

Translation

O best of the Bharatas, I am the strength of the strong, free from hankering and attachment, and in human beings, I am passion that is unopposed to scriptural injunctions.

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