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forces a person to commit sin even against his will as if he is compelled to do it ?"- 36
॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥ काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्धयेनमिह वैरिणम् ॥ ३७ ।। Lord Replied :
___ "It is lust, and wrath - both born of RajoGuna activity ,which is all devouring and arch sinner - the principal enemy of mankind."-37 धूमेनाव्रियते वहिर्यथादर्शो मलेन च । यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥ ३८ ॥
___"As fire is obscured by smoke, a mirror by dirt and an embryo by the womb. So is knowledge by these two." - 38--
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा । कामरुपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥ ३९ ॥
___ "O, Son of Kunti, knowledge is obscured by this eternal enemy of the wise persons by lust, which is like the insatiable fire."-39
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