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.
Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya
।।3.43।। एवं बुद्धेः परम् आत्मानं बुद्ध्वा ज्ञात्वा संस्तभ्य सम्यक् स्तम्भनं कृत्वा आत्मानं स्वेनैव आत्मना संस्कृतेन मनसा सम्यक् समाधायेत्यर्थः। जहि एनं शत्रुं हे महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदं दुःखेन आसदः आसादनं प्राप्तिः यस्य तं दुरासदं दुर्विज्ञेयानेकविशेषमिति।।इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्यश्रीमच्छंकरभगवतः कृतौ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्येतृतीयोऽध्यायः।।