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BG 3.43

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā
saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho
kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam

SYNONYMS

evaṃ: thus | buddheḥ: than the intellect | paraṃ: higher | buddhvā: knowing | saṃstabhya: fixing | ātmānam: the mind | ātmanā: with the help of the intellect | jahi: slay | śatruṃ: enemy | mahābāho: O Arjuna | kāmarūpaṃ: wears the form of desire | durāsadam: difficult to overcome |

TRANSLATION

Thus, knowing that which is higher than the intellect and fixing the mind with the help of the intellect in Karma Yoga, O Arjuna, slay this enemy which wears the form of desire, and which is difficult to overcome.

PURPORT

Thus, understanding desire, which is higher than even the intellect, to be the foe antagonistic to Jñana Yoga, and establishing the mind by means of the intellect in Karma Yoga, slay, i.e., destroy this foe, in the shape of desire which is difficult to overcome.