एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना |
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ||३-४३||
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā . jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam ||3-43||
।।3.43।। इस प्रकार बुद्धि से परे (शुद्ध) आत्मा को जानकर आत्मा (बुद्धि) के द्वारा आत्मा (मन) को वश में करके, हे महाबाहो ! तुम इस दुर्जेय (दुरासदम्) कामरूप शत्रु को मारो।।
3.43 एवम् thus? बुद्धेः than the intellect? परम् superior? बुद्ध्वा having known? संस्तभ्य restraining? आत्मानम् the self? आत्मना by the Self? जहि slay thou? शत्रुम् the enemy? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? कामरूपम् of the form of desire? दुरासदम् hard to coner.Commentary Restrain the lower self by the higher Self. Subdue the lower mind by the higher mind. It is difficult to coner desire because it is of a highly complex and incomprehensible nature. But a man of discrimination and dispassion who does c
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
3.43 [The Ast, introdcues this verse with, 'Tatah kim, what follows from that?'-Tr.] Understanding the Self thus [Understanding৷৷.thus:that desires can be conered through the knowledge of the Self.] as superior to the intellect, and completely establishing (the Self) is spiritual absorption with the (help of) the mind, O mighty-armed one, vanish the enemy in the form of desire, which is difficult to subdue.
।।3.43।।इस प्रकार बुद्धिसे अति श्रेष्ठ आत्माको जानकर और आत्मासे ही आत्माको स्तम्भन करके अर्थात् शुद्ध मनसे अच्छी प्रकार आत्माको समाधिस्थ करके हे महाबाहो इस कामरूप दुर्जय शत्रुका त्याग कर अर्थात् जो दुःखसे वशमें किया जाता है उस अनेक दुर्विज्ञेय विशेषणोंसे युक्त कामका त्याग कर दे।
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