एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
मूल श्लोकः
English Commentary By Swami Sivananda
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 constant and intense Sadhana can coner it ite easily. Desire is the ality of Rajas. If you increase the Sattvic ality in you, you can coner desire. Rajas cannot stand before Sattva.Even though desire is hard to coner, it is not impossible. The simple and direct method is to appeal to the Indwelling Presence (God) through prayer and Japa.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the third discourse entitledThe Yoga of Action.
Hindi Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Harikrishnadas Goenka
।।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।