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Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 36<\/a><\/p>\n SrI bhagavAn uvAcha SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Lord Shri Krishna replied SrI bhagavAn replied:<\/p>\n The reason for what you asked about (worldly pleasures) is the all-consuming lust only which arises from rajO guNam (passion); this lust (when blocked) will lead to do great sins (towards those who blocked such lust) and will transform into anger; know that this lust (which is caused by rajas and transforms into anger) is the enemy for this gyAna yOga.<\/p>\n ‘Lust (k\u0101ma<\/em>) it is, \u2014hate (krodha<\/em>) it is\u2014, which is begotten of rajo-gu\u1e47a<\/em>[1. See Lect: XIV<\/a> for an exhaustive treatment of the gun\u0101s<\/em>. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the world moving. Satva<\/em> is the tendency to produce goodness, purity, etc., Rajas<\/em> is the tendency to act in the world with passions; and Tamas<\/em> is the tendency to sloth, evil, etc.]. This foe, here (on earth), know, is all-consuming, all-polluting.'[2. Read II-62<\/a> to 64<\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n What obstructs a person in his pursuit of J\u00f1\u0101na-Yoga<\/em> is this lust, this appetite or longing for sense-objects, such as sound etc., sharpened all the more by past habits; because the person is attached to matter, the gu\u1e47as[3. See Lect: XIV<\/a> for an exhaustive treatment of the gun\u0101s<\/em>. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the world moving. Satva<\/em> is the tendency to produce goodness, purity, etc., Rajas<\/em> is the tendency to act in the world with passions; and Tamas<\/em> is the tendency to sloth, evil, etc.] of which, rising and falling, constantly influence all beings.<\/span><\/p>\n This lust<\/em> is a most devouring (or exacting) foe, and inveigles him into its province of sense-pleasures.<\/span><\/p>\n This self-same lust, when hampered in its course, turns into hate<\/em> (or wrath) \u2014the most sinful\u2014 displayed against those who come in the way (of gratification), and resulting in the perpetration of violent acts against (such) creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n Know this lust is begotten<\/em> of rajo-gu\u1e47a<\/em>[4. See Lect: XIV<\/a> for an exhaustive treatment of the gun\u0101s<\/em>. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the world moving. Satva<\/em> is the tendency to produce goodness, purity, etc., Rajas<\/em> is the tendency to act in the world with passions; and Tamas<\/em> is the tendency to sloth, evil, etc.], and it is the adversary, hostile to J\u00f1\u0101na-Yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 38<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 36 SlOkam \u2013 Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha kAma Esha krOdha Esha rajOguNasamudhbhava: | mahASano mahApApmA vidhdhyEnam iha vairiNam || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Lord Shri Krishna replied Esha: – the reason for what you asked about (worldly … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-3","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nkAma Esha krOdha Esha rajOguNasamudhbhava: |<\/em>
\n mahASano mahApApmA vidhdhyEnam iha vairiNam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nEsha: – the reason for what you asked about (worldly pleasures)
\nrajO guNa samudhbhava: – arises from rajO guNam (passion)
\nmahASana: – all-consuming
\nkAma Eva: – lust only;
\nEsha: – This lust (when blocked)
\nmahA pApmA – will lead to do great sins (towards those who blocked such lust)
\nkrOdha: (bhavathi) – transform into anger
\nEnam – this lust (which is caused by rajas and transforms into anger)
\niha – for this gyAna yOga
\nvairiNam vidhdhi – know that to be the enemy<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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