Lord Krishna says in chapter 16 that lust anger and greed are three evolutes which definitely lead self soul to the hell of transmigration. So every self soul seeking self realization has to overcome these three elements emanating from mind.
Trividham narkeasyedam dvuaram nashamatmnah I
kamah krodhahastatha lobhastasmadetat trayam tayejet II
etairvimukatah kontey tamoduvareristribhirnarah I
achartiatamanah shreyastato yati pram gatim II(16.21-22)
Lust, Anger and Greed, these are three gates of Hell which cause fall of spirit. All the three are to be given up.
Arjun! Freed from these three gates of hell, one acts for self realization and attains the Supreme Self.
What corrupts an eternal self soul?
Self soul, even being the reflection of Lord Krishna himself is transmigrating from one body to another with no end of this vacuous circle.
Lust or desire is the root cause. Lust leads to sense gratification, which further leads to acquisition of sense object. The desire multiplies, when one fails to acquire sense object, it leads to anger which is the cause of delusion, when sense objects are easily acquired, the embodied self soul desires to acquire more of it. This is greed. These three jointly cause the attachment and identification with material nature. By and by self soul is so conditioned with material nature that it does not even try to explore reality of life.
Life is eternal and same in all beings.
Lord Krishna says on chapter 7 that I am life in all beings
Jeevanam sarvbhuteshu (7.9)
I am life of all that lives
But for these three open gates of lust, anger and greed leading to attachment with material nature are rightly termed as gates to hell. Lust, desire, anger and greed dominate material nature. These three are born of passion mode of nature. passion, desire, lust are so interweaved that one cannot differentiate, lust, anger and greed lead the self soul to hell of attachment with material nature, resulting self soul for his onwards travel from one womb to another.
Lord has advised self soul to detach from theses three to emancipate itself.
Free from three gates of hell lust, anger and greed, self soul tries for self realization and attains ultimate supreme self.
How these three emanate?
Arjun asks Lord Krishna in chapter three;
Arjun uvach:
Ath ken paryuktoayam papam charti purushah I
Anichhanapi varsharhey baladiv niyojitah II (3.36)
Arjun asks: Varshney! Impelled by what a embodied self soul commits sin, even involuntarily, as though driven by force.
Arjun has asked a very queer question as to what makes a person to indulge in committing a sin, propelled by unforeseen force, even though he has no desire to commit it. It is strange that self soul is as pious as Lord but embodied soul same in all, commits sin and goes in cycle of incarnation after incarnation.
Lord Krishna replies:
Shri Bhagavan uvach
Kam esh krodh esh rajogurhsamudbhavah I
Mahashano mahapapma vidhenamihh verirham II
dhumenavriyate bahniyathaadarsho malen ch I
Yathaulbenoavrito gabhastatha tenedamavritam II
Aavritam gyanameten gyanino nityaverirhah I
Kamruperh kontey dushpuerhananlen ch II (37-39)
Lord Krishna says: It is desire begotten of the Rajas Element, which appears as wrath, grossly wicked and insatiable, you know this the enemy.
As flame is covered by smoke, a mirror by dirt and embryo by amnion, so is the knowledge covered by this desire.
Arjun! Knowledge stands covered by this eternal enemy of wise man, known as desire and which is insatiable like fire.
‘Desire’ is the root cause of all troubles. It causes the wrath. A embodiment consists of five elements, ego,, intellect, ten organs, mind and five objects of senses. There is desire, aversion, pleasure and pain, physical body, consciousness. Above all other factors, it is imperceptible ego which causes attachment with body. Senses are not harmful as for as their nature is concerned but it is desire to satisfy a particular urge which causes attraction and repulsion.
Desire is born out of Rajas mode of nature.
To fulfill one’s desire if one is able to collect the wealth of whole world for his satisfaction, it shall have still a desire to have more of it. It is not that particular sense organ is incapable of performing act but desire increases day by day. One desires to eat more, have bigger family, see the marriage of not only children but that of great-grand children but there is no end of desire in-sight. As flame is covered by smoke, desire after desire cover wisdom of self and self soul never liberates from this vicious bondage.
If a living human is able to get rid of this desire element, he attains liberation while living in body. Why one is desirous to get things done in one’s own way?
How many of departed souls have been able to carry lot of wealth they created by butchering lot of their own people and others?
Indriyarhi mano budhirasyaadhishathanamuchayte I
Eteirvimohatesh gyanamavritya dehinam II (3.40)
The senses, mind and the intellect are termed to be seat of desire; screening the light of truth; it deludes the embodied self soul.
Mind, senses and intellect are the source of desires. Desire attaining Lord, if developed with his grace, shall cause emancipation from cycle of transmigration. Where desire is for worldly objects it is bondage.
All desires of embodied soul when attached to sense world can not satied till the time of death.
So this desire is to be transformed one from sense objects to self realization.
Tasmattvamindrarhadyo niyamya bharatsharabh I
Papmanam parjahye hienam gyanvigyannashanam II
Indriyarhi pararhiahuindrebhayeh param manah I
Mansastu para budhiiryo budheh partastu sah Ii
Evam budhe param bodhwa sanstabhyatmnamatmna I
Jahi shatru mahbaho kamrupam durasadam II (41- 43)
Therefore, Arjun! You must control senses etc. and win over this evil embodied which is destroyer of knowledge and its science.
The senses are stronger than body, mind is greater than senses, and intellect is stronger than mind but still stronger of all these are desire.
Thus, Arjun! Knowing which higher than intellect and subduing mind with reason, kill this enemy in form of desire which is hard to over come.
Lord Krishna says that to control desire one has to control mind, senses and intellect as all the three are won over by desire born out of ego and attachment with embodiment.
Senses are stronger than body. Even if body is incapable to perform by itself, mind and intellect go on brooding on fulfillment of a particular desire. Even a dying man demands particular type of food before he dies and some time it is generally heard that a particular person died only when he heard that his or her so and so son or daughter have arrived.
This is queer mixture of attachment and desire.
A desire less embodied soul shall have no such predicament at the time of departure from body because it shall see Lord Krishna in every form even at the time death as Lord Krishna is Death as per verse 34 of chapter 10
Mirityuh sarvharashchahamudbhavashch bhavishtatam I
kirtih shrirvakch narirham smiritimedha dhritih kshamaII (10.34)
Those who are free from these three vices are able to transcend:
Kammkrodhviyuktanam yatinam yatchetsam I
abhihito barahamnivarham vartate viditatmanam II (5.26)
The yogi whose mind is subdued, devoid of lust and anger, who have realized Lord/self in all being, indulges in self all around.
Realized self soul sees self alone in all modifications and for it there exists nothing except self.
Such a wise man finds things, place, fruit of action, time, knowledge, work, agents of work, faith, state, form and goal all arising from the nature and nature being modification of self , as such nothing else than self pervading. So this self soul is completely established in self while even living in body and appearing to be doing all actions under the spell of material nature in form of mind body set.
Liberation has not to come outside.
Liberation is here.
Ashtavakar says to King Janak
Muktimichhasi chetatt vishyan vishvat tyaj I
Kshmaarjavamdayatoshsatyam piyoshvadbhaj II (2)
Ashtravakar says:
If you desire liberation detach yourself from sense objects like that of poison and adopt nectar of forgiveness, truthfulness, satisfaction and mercifulness.
Desire is the source of all troubles.
But undergoing all natural reactions don’t cause problem. Lord Krishna says un verse 70 of chapter two
Apoorymarhamachalpartitham
Samudramapah parvishanti yadvad I
Tadvadkama yam parvishanti sarve
Sa shantimapnoti na kamkami II (2.70)
As in, always filled, steadily situated Ocean, the entering water do not cause any disturbance, so to the person of steady mind, the rising desires do not cause any disturbance, but who wishes to satisfy the continuously rising desires never attains peace.
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