Bhagavad Gita/bg.16.21

Verse 16.21

bg.16.21

Sanskrit

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।16.21।।काम, क्रोध और लोभ -- ये तीन प्रकारके नरकके दरवाजे जीवात्माका पतन करनेवाले हैं, इसलिये इन तीनोंका त्याग कर देना चाहिये।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

tri-vidham—three types of; narakasya—to the hell; idam—this; dvāram—gates; nāśhanam—destruction; ātmanaḥ—self; kāmaḥ—lust; krodhaḥ—anger; tathā—and; lobhaḥ—greed; tasmāt—therefore; etat—these; trayam—three; tyajet—should abandon

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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