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Sanskrit · Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच। काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः। महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

śrībhagavānuvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam

It is desire, it is wrath, born from the quality of passion it is very ravenous, very sinful. Know that that is the foe in this world. As fire is enveloped by smoke

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 46%.