| 36.Arjuna said:But
by what dragged on, O Varshneya, does a man, though reluctant, commit sin,
as if constrained by force? Dragged on and constrained ; as a servant by
the king. Varshneya: one born in the family of the Vrishnis. The Lord says:
Listen, I shall tell you who that enemy is, of whom you ask. who the source
of all evil is Vasudeva is here called the Lord (Bhagavat), because He is
one in whom the six attributes of unimpeded dominion etc ever abide collectively
and in perfection, and who possesses a complete knowledge of the origin
of the universe etc. Says the VishnuPurana:Bhaga means the six attributesperfect
dominion, might, glory, splendor, dispassion and salvation, He is called
the Lord (Bhagavat), who knows the origin and the end, the coming and the
going of beings, what is wisdom and what is ignorance: The Blessed Lord
said: It is desire, it is wrath, born of the energy of Rajas, alldevouring,
all sinful ; that, know thou, is the foe here.The enemy of the whole world
is desire, from which all the evil comes to living beings. When obstructed
by some cause, desire is transformed into wrath. Whence wrath is desire
itself. It is born of the energy of Rajas: Or, desire itself is the cause
of the energy of Rajas ; for, when desire arises, it rouses the Rajas and
urges the person to action. We often hear the cry of miserable personswho
are engaged in servitude, etc under the impulse of the Rajas,saying I have
been led to act so by desire. It is very sinful ; .for it is only when urged
by desire that a man commits sin. Wherefore, know that this desire is man
s foe here in samsara.Desire Enshrouds Wisdom. He now illustrates how it
is our foe: |
