Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

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अर्जुन उवाच । अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः । अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥ ३-३६ ॥

sanskrit

Arjuna said: But impelled by what does man commit sin, though against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), constrained as it were, by force?

english translation

hindi translation

arjuna uvAca | atha kena prayukto'yaM pApaM carati pUruSaH | anicchannapi vArSNeya balAdiva niyojitaH || 3-36 ||

hk transliteration

श्रीभगवानुवाच । काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥ ३-३७ ॥

sanskrit

Shri Bhagvan 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.

english translation

hindi translation

zrIbhagavAnuvAca | kAma eSa krodha eSa rajoguNasamudbhavaH | mahAzano mahApApmA viddhyenamiha vairiNam || 3-37 ||

hk transliteration

धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च । यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥ ३-३८ ॥

sanskrit

As a fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is encased in the membrane, so is this (knowledge) enveloped by it (desire).

english translation

hindi translation

dhUmenAvriyate vahniryathAdarzo malena ca | yatholbenAvRto garbhastathA tenedamAvRtam || 3-38 ||

hk transliteration

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा । कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥ ३-३९ ॥

sanskrit

O son of Kunti, Knowledge is covered by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is an insatiable fire.

english translation

hindi translation

AvRtaM jJAnametena jJAnino nityavairiNA | kAmarUpeNa kaunteya duSpUreNAnalena ca || 3-39 ||

hk transliteration

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते । एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥ ३-४०॥

sanskrit

The senses, mind, and the intellect are said to be its abode. This one diversely deludes the embodied being by veiling Knowledge with the help of these.

english translation

hindi translation

indriyANi mano buddhirasyAdhiSThAnamucyate | etairvimohayatyeSa jJAnamAvRtya dehinam || 3-40||

hk transliteration