Bhagavad Gita 3.37
श्रीभगवानुवाच । काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca | kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ | mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
Translation
The deity said: It is desire, it is wrath, sprung from the quality of passion, all-devouring, very sinful. Know that to be the enemy here.
Reflection
What anger of yours, traced back, was a desire that ran into a wall?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Three
Kāma eṣa, krodha eṣa. Desire is this. Anger is this. The two are named as one enemy. Shankara: anger is what desire becomes when desire is blocked. They are the same root, two faces. Mahāśanaḥ, great-devouring. Mahā-pāpmā, great-sinning. Vairiṇam, the enemy. The teacher answers Arjuna's question without softening: this is what pushes you, this is what you are fighting, this is its name. The chapter that began with action versus knowledge ends with the diagnosis of the real obstacle. Both paths run through it.