Bhagavad-gītā As it Is << 16 - The Divine and Demoniac Natures >>
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तरिविधं नरकस्येदं दवारं नाशनम आत्मनः कामः करॊधस तथा लॊभस तस्माद एतत तरयं तयजेत
tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet
WORD BY WORD
tri-vidham of three kinds; narakasya of hell; idam this; dvāram gate; nāśanam destructive; ātmanaḥ of the self; kāmaḥ lust; krodhaḥ anger; tathā as well as; lobhaḥ greed; tasmāt therefore; etat these; trayam three; tyajet one must give up;
TRANSLATION
| There are three gates leading to this hell – lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul.
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PURPORT
| The beginning of demoniac life is described herein. One tries to satisfy his lust, and when he cannot, anger and greed arise. A sane man who does not want to glide down to the species of demoniac life must try to give up these three enemies, which can kill the self to such an extent that there will be no possibility of liberation from this material entanglement.
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