Shloka 37
श्रीभगवानुवाच काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्धव: । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्धयेनमिह वैरिणम्,श्रीभगवान् बोले--रजोगुणसे उत्पन्न हुआ यह काम ही क्रोध है, यह बहुत खानेवाला अर्थात् भोगोंसे कभी न अघानेवाला और बड़ा पापी है,* इसको ही तू इस विषयमें वैरी जान
śrībhagavān uvāca: kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇa-samudbhavaḥ | mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
Đức Thế Tôn phán: Chính đó là dục vọng; chính đó là sân hận—sinh từ phẩm tính rajas (tính đam mê). Nó không bao giờ no đủ, luôn đói khát hưởng thụ, và vô cùng tội lỗi. Hãy biết ngay tại đây: trong việc này, nó chính là kẻ thù.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire (kāma), when driven by rajas, becomes anger (krodha) upon obstruction; it is insatiable and morally corrosive. Therefore it should be recognized as the primary inner enemy that undermines discernment and dharmic action.
In the Gītā dialogue on the battlefield, Kṛṣṇa answers Arjuna’s inquiry about what impels a person toward wrongdoing. He identifies the culprit as desire/anger born of rajas, framing it as an internal adversary to be confronted through discipline and understanding.