Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga - Sloka 43

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The origin of sin - 36-43

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yaoga - Sloka 43

Evam buddheh param budhtva samstabhya atmanam atmana I

Jahi shatrum mahabaho kamrupam durasadam II sloka 43

एवं बुद्धेः परम् बुद्ध्वा  संस्तभ्य आत्मानं आत्मना ।

जहि शत्रुं महाभो कामरूपं दुरासदं ।। श्लोक ४३ 

Thus knowing Him as superior to the intellect, restraining the self by the self, slay O mighty armed, the enemy in the form of desire, difficult to overcome.

When the desire is centered on the body, the senses, mind and intellect, the jiva consciousness or individualised little self is fostered. This little self is ever wrought with misery.  Foolishly people think it is imbued with happiness. Every happiness associated with the body, the senses mind and intellect  is bound, sooner or later, to reappear as misery. There is no escape from it. Atma bodham  or spiritual consciousness is to be awakened. Following in its wake, the body, the senses, mind and intellect have all to serve atman. The base desire automatically vanishes; the little self dwindles away; the real self emerges; bliss infinitude becomes potent, never again to be clouded. Life shines in the glory of Atman.

No sooner is a thief detected than he takes to his heels. When you  know the nature of maya it flees from you.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Iti srimad bhagavadgitasu upanishatsu brahmavidyayam yogashastre 

sri krishna arjuna samvade karma yoga nama tritiyodhyayaya II

इति श्रीमद भगवद्गीतासु उपनिषत्सु ब्रःमविध्ययं योगशास्त्रे 

श्री कृष्ण अर्जुन संवादे कर्म योग नाम तृतीयोध्याय II

End of chapter 3 on Karma Yoga