श्रीभगवानुवाच | काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः | महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ||३-३७||
śrībhagavānuvāca . kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ . mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam ||3-37||
Chapter 3 · Verse 37
Karma Yoga
कर्मयोग
In plain words
You must identify selfish desire and anger as your ultimate enemies on the spiritual path. Born from a restless nature, desire drives you to commit wrong actions and quickly turns into anger when blocked. This insatiable craving clouds your jnana, your inner spiritual knowledge, and prevents you from finding true peace by trapping you in a cycle of endless wanting.
Translation
3.37 The Lord said It is desire, it is wrath, born of the Guna of Rajas; it is a great devourer, an impeller to sin. Know this to be the foe here.
Meaning
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).
Word by word
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.