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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।

tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 21
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: threefold is the gate of hell, destructive of the self, desire, anger, and greed, therefore, one should abandon these three, distilling the entire preceding description down to three specific, actionable root causes.

In life: after a long, detailed description of a harmful pattern, it's genuinely useful to have it distilled into just three specific, actionable root causes you can actually work on directly.

Teaching: use this specific three-item distillation, desire, anger, greed, as your practical, actionable target list the next time you're trying to address a harmful pattern in yourself, rather than getting lost in the fuller, more elaborate description surrounding it.

tri-vidhamthree types of
narakasyato the hell
idamthis
dvāramgates
nāśhanamdestruction
ātmanaḥself
kāmaḥlust
krodhaḥanger
tathāand
lobhaḥgreed
tasmāttherefore
etatthese
trayamthree
tyajetshould abandon

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.21 त्रिविधम् triple? नरकस्य of hell? इदम् this? द्वारम् gate? नाशनम् destructive? आत्मनः of the self? कामः lust? क्रोधः anger? तथा also? लोभः greed? तस्मात् therefore? एतत् this? त्रयम् three? त्यजेत् (one) should abandon.Commentary Lust? anger and greed? -- these highway robbers will cause a man to fall into the dark abyss of hell? misery or grief. These are the three fountainheads of misery. These three constitute the gateway leading to the lowest of hells. These are the enemies of peace? devotion and knowledge. When these evil modifications of the mind arise in it? man loses his balance or poise and discrimination and commits various evil actions.Lust? anger and greed denote selfblindness and ignorance? for there are no Vasanas? wants? anger? or greed in Brahman or the pure immortal Self.Narakasya dvaram The gate to hell The gate leading to hell. The self is destroyed by merely entering at the gate? i.e.? it is not fit to do any right exertion to attain the goal of life.As this gate causes selfdestruction? let everyone renounce these three. (Cf.III.47)In the next verse the man who has abandoned these three evils is highyl eulogised.