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अर्जुन उवाच । अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः । अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः॥६-२५-३६॥
Arjuna said: Then by what is a person impelled to commit wrongdoing, O Vārṣṇeya, even unwillingly, as if driven by force?
english translation
श्रीभगवानुवाच । काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्॥६-२५-३७॥
The Blessed Lord said: It is desire; it is anger—born of the rajo-guṇa. Insatiable and a great source of corruption, know it here as the adversary.
english translation
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च । यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्॥६-२५-३८॥
As fire is veiled by smoke, as a mirror is obscured by grime, and as an embryo is enclosed by its membrane, so this knowledge is covered by that desire.
english translation
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा । कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च॥६-२५-३९॥
The knowledge of the discerning is covered by this constant adversary—desire, O Kaunteya—like an insatiable fire that cannot be filled.
english translation
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते । एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्॥६-२५-४०॥
The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its bases; through these it deludes the embodied being by veiling knowledge.
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