# Bhagavad Gita 3.43

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.43`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥

## IAST

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Thus knowing that which is higher than the understanding, and restraining (your)self by (your)self, O you of mighty arms! destroy this unmanageable enemy in the shape of desire.

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