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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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 37
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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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Why: Krishna answers directly, desire and anger, born of passion, are the culprits, insatiable and deeply harmful, naming the mechanism Arjuna asked about.

In life: most out-of-character behavior traces back to unmet desire curdling into frustration or anger.

Teaching: when you act against your own values, trace it back to an unmet desire underneath the anger or impulsiveness, and address that root instead of just the surface behavior.

śhri-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
kāmaḥdesire
eṣhaḥthis
krodhaḥwrath
eṣhaḥthis
rajaḥ-guṇathe mode of passion
samudbhavaḥborn of
mahā-aśhanaḥall-devouring
mahā-pāpmāgreatly sinful
viddhiknow
enamthis
ihain the material world
vairiṇamthe enemy

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.37 कामः desire? एषः this? क्रोधः anger? एषः this? रजोगुणसमुद्भवः born of the Rajoguna? महाशनः alldevouring? महापाप्मा allsinful? विद्धि know? एनम् this? इह here? वैरिणम् the foe.Commentary Bhagavan Bhaga means the six attributes? viz.? Jnana (knowledge)? Vairagya (dispassion)? Kirti (fame)? Aishvarya (divine manifestations and excellences)? Sri (wealth)? and Bala (might). He who possesses these six attributes and who has a perfect knowledge of the origin and the end of the universe is Bhagavan or the Lord.The cause of all sin and wrong action in this world is desire. Anger is desire itself. When a desire is not gratified? the man becomes angry against those who stand as obstacles on the path of fulfilment.The desire is born of the ality of Rajas. When desire arises? it generates Rajas and urges the man to work in order to possess the object. Therefore? know that this desire is mans foe on this earth. (Cf.XVI.21).