Chapter 16, Slok 21
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 16.21
Original Verse
trividhaM narakasyedaM dvAraM nAzanamAtmanaH | kAmaH krodhastathA lobhastasmAdetattrayaM tyajet ||16-21||
Transliteration
trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ . kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet ||16-21||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
16.21 Desire, wrath and greed - this is the triple gateway to Naraka, ruinous to the self. Therefore one should abandon these three.