Shloka 11
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
बल॑ बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् | धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामो5स्मि भरतर्षभ
balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam | dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha ||
Ich bin die Kraft der Starken — eine Kraft frei von Gier und Anhaftung. Und unter den Lebewesen, o Stier der Bharatas, bin Ich das Verlangen (kāma), das dem Dharma nicht zuwiderläuft: Verlangen, das mit dem Rechten übereinstimmt und vom heiligen Gesetz gebilligt ist.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and desire are not condemned in themselves; they become spiritually and ethically valid when purified of attachment (rāga) and craving (kāma as compulsive lust) and when aligned with dharma. The verse affirms disciplined strength and dharma-consistent desire as expressions of the divine.
In the Gītā’s revelation of divine manifestations, Krishna identifies himself as the pure strength in the strong and as desire that accords with dharma among beings, guiding Arjuna to distinguish righteous motivation from passion-driven impulse amid the pressures of war.