Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 16, verse 21
A widely quoted warning: desire, anger and greed are the three gates that lead a person to ruin.
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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥
trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ |kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet ||
Desire, anger and greed: these are the three gates of hell that bring ruin to the self. Therefore one should give up these three.
काम, क्रोध और लोभ, ये नरक के तीन द्वार हैं जो आत्मा का नाश करते हैं। इसलिए इन तीनों को छोड़ देना चाहिए।
काम, क्रोध आणि लोभ ही नरकाची तीन द्वारे आहेत, जी आत्म्याचा नाश करतात. म्हणून या तिन्हींचा त्याग करावा.
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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।
Having fallen into demonic births, deluded birth after birth, they never reach me, Arjuna, and sink to the lowest state.
16.22एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।
A person freed from these three gates of darkness, Arjuna, does what is truly good for himself, and then reaches the highest goal.
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