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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 16 / Verse 21
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Bhagavad Gita 16.21

Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः | कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्

Transliteration

trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ . kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet

English

This door of hell, which is the destroyer of the soul, is of three kinds-passion, anger and also greed. Therefore one should forsake these three.

हिन्दी

काम, क्रोध और लोभ ये आत्मनाश के त्रिविध द्वार हैं, इसलिए इन तीनों को त्याग देना चाहिए।।

Explanation — English

Lust? anger and greed? -- these highway robbers will cause a man to fall into the dark abyss of hell? misery or grief. These are the three fountainheads of misery. These three constitute the gateway leading to the lowest of hells. These are the enemies of peace? devotion and knowledge. When these evil modifications of the mind arise in it? man loses his balance or poise and discrimination and commits various evil actions.Lust? anger and greed denote selfblindness and ignorance? for there are no Vasanas? wants? anger? or greed in Brahman or the pure immortal Self.Narakasya dvaram The gate to hell The gate leading to hell. The self is destroyed by merely entering at the gate? i.e.? it is not fit to do any right exertion to attain the goal of life.As this gate causes selfdestruction? let everyone renounce these three. (Cf.III.47)In the next verse the man who has abandoned these three evils is highyl eulogised.

Explanation — हिन्दी

स्वर्ग सुखरूप है? तो नरक दुखरूप। अत इसी जीवन में भी मनुष्य अपनी मनस्थिति में स्वर्ग और नरक का अनुभव कर सकता है। शास्त्र प्रमाण से स्वर्ग और नरक के अस्तित्व का भी ज्ञान होता है। इस श्लोक में नरक के त्रिविध द्वार बताये गये हैं। इस सम्पूर्ण अध्याय का प्रय़ोजन मनुष्य का आसुरी अवस्था से उद्धार कर उसे निस्वार्थ सेवा तथा आत्मानन्द का अनुभव कराना है।काम? क्रोध और लोभ जहाँ काम है वहीं क्रोध का होना स्वाभाविक है। किसी विषय को सुख का साधन समझकर उसका निरन्तर चिन्तन करने से उस विषय की कामना उत्पन्न होती है। यदि इस कामनापूर्ति में कोई बाधा आती है? तो उससे क्रोध उत्पन्न होता है। यदि कामना तीव्र हो? तो क्रोध भी इतना उग्र रूप होता है कि वह जीवन की नौका को इतस्तत प्रक्षेपित कर? छिन्नभिन्न करके अन्त में उसे डुबो देता है।यदि कामना पूर्ण हो जाती है? तो मनुष्य का लोभ बढ़ता जाता है और इस प्रकार? उसकी शक्ति का ह्रास होता जाता है। असन्तुष्टि का वह भाव लोभ कहलाता है? जो हमारे वर्तमान सन्तुष्टि के भाव को विषाक्त करता है। लोभी पुरुष को कभी शान्ति और सुख प्राप्त नहीं होता? क्योंकि असन्तोष ही लोभ का स्वभाव है।काम? क्रोध और लोभ के इस क्रिया प्रतिक्रिया रूप संबंध को हम समझ लें? तो भगवान् का निष्कर्ष हमें स्वीकार करना ही पड़ेगा कि इसलिए इन तीनों को त्याग देना चाहिए।इन तीनों के त्याग की स्तुति करते हुए कहते हैं

Sanskrit
English
त्रिविधम्
triple
नरकस्य
of hell
इदम्
this
द्वारम्
gate
नाशनम्
destructive
आत्मनः
of the self
कामः
lust
क्रोधः
anger
तथा
also
लोभः
greed
तस्मात्
therefore
एतत्
this
त्रयम्
three
त्यजेत् (one)
should abandon.
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16.1The Blessed Lord said Fearlessness, purity of mind, persistence in knowledge and yoga, charity and control of the external organs, sacrifice, (scriptural) study, austerity and recititude;16.2Non-injury, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, control of the internal organ, absence of vilification, kindness to creatures, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, freedom from restlessness;16.3Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice, absence of haughtiness-these, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, are (the alties) of one born destined to have the divine nature.16.4O son of Prtha, (the attributes) of one destined to have the demoniacal nature are religious ostentation, pride and haughtiness, [Another reading is abhimanah, self-conceit.-Tr.], anger as also rudeness and ignorance.16.5The divine nature is the Liberation, the demoniacal is considered to be for inevitable bondage. Do not grieve, O son of Pandu! You are destined to have the divine nature.16.6In this world there are are two (kinds of) creation of beings: the divine and the demoniacal. The divine has been spoken of elaborately. Hear about the demoniacal from Me, O son of Prtha.16.7Neither do the demoniacal persons under-stand what is to be done and what is not to be done; nor does purity, or even good conduct or truthfulness exist in them.16.8They say that the world is unreal, it has no basis, it is without a God. It is born of mutual union brought about by passion! What other (cause can there be)?16.9Holding on to this view, (these people) who are of depraved character, of poor intellect, given to fearful actions and harmful, wax strong for the ruin of the world.16.10Giving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride and arrogance, adopting bad abjectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.