Gita Bhashya -Sankara 141

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -3

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Vaw buddheh par am buddhvā samstabhyātmānamātmanā
Jahi śatrum mahābāho kāma rūpam durāsadam

43. Thus, O mighty-armed, knowing Him who is the superior of the intellect, and steadying the self by the self, destroy (this) enemy in the form of desire, so difficult to overtake.

Thus, O mighty-armed, knowing, comprehending, Him, the Self, who is the superior of the intellect, and steadying, fixing firmly, the self by the self, i.e. effecting perfect composure of mind by your own purified mind, do you destroy this enemy in the form of desire, so difficult to overtake, reaching whom is beset with great difficulty, on account of its incomprehensible and multi­ farious peculiarities.

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