The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevavananda's translation of Ramanuja Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The origin of sin - 36-43
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yaoga - Sloka 37
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Sri Bhagavan Uvacha
Kamah esa krodhah eshah rajah guna samudbhavah I
Mahashanoh mahapapma viddhi enam iha vairinam II sloka 37
श्री भगवान उवाच
कामः एषः क्रोधः एषः रजः गुण समुद्भवः ।
महाशनः महापाप्मा विद्धि एनं इह वैरिणं ।। श्लोक ३७
The Blessed Lord said
It is desire, it is wrath born of Rajaguna: it is a great devourer, an impeller to sin. Know this as the foe here on earth.
The highly ravenous desire born of rajas guna originating from old subtle impressions. It has for its objects sound and other sense objects. It is a foe to him who is practising jnana yoga, as he is joined with prakriti constituted constituted of the gunas which rise and subside periodically. It attracts him towards the objects of senses. It is this desire alone which, when hampered, develops into anger towards those persons who are the cause of such hindrance. It is a powerful cause of sin. It incites the aspirant to do harm to others. Know this, which is born of the guna called rajas, as the natural enemy of the jnana yogins.
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