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Verse 3·37

Desire and wrath: the enemies of the soul

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श्रीभगवानुवाच:काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥

śrībhagavānuvāca:kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥmahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam

The Blessed Lord said: This is desire and its companion wrath, children of rajas, all-devouring, all-polluting, know thou this as the soul’s great enemy (which has to be slain).

Gītā 3·37

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