काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥ ३७ ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca—
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ .
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam .. 37 ..
The Blessed Lord said :
It is desire, it is wrath, born of the energy of Rajas, all-devouring, all sinful; that, know thou, is the foe here.
Read the commentary
The enemy of the whole world is desire, from which all the evil comes to living beings. When obstructed by some cause, desire is transformed into wrath. Whence wrath is desire itself. It is born of the energy of Rajas.—Or, desire itself is the cause of the energy of Rajas; for, when desire arises, it rouses the Rajas and urges the person to action. We often hear the cry of miserable persons—who are engaged in servitude, etc., under the impulse of the Rajas,—saying ‘I have been led to act so by desire.’ It is very sinful; for it is only when urged by desire that a man commits sin. Wherefore, know that this desire is man’s foe here in samsara.
Desire Enshrouds Wisdom.
He now illustrates how it is our foe :