एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना | जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ||३-४३||
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā . jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam ||3-43||
- evam
- thus
- buddheḥ
- to intelligence
- param
- superior
- buddhvā
- knowing
- saṁstabhya
- by steadying
- ātmānam
- the mind
- ātmanā
- by deliberate intelligence
- jahi
- conquer
- śatrum
- the enemy
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- kāma-rūpam
- in the form of lust
- durāsadam
- formidable
Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, O mighty-armed Arjuna, one should steady the mind by deliberate spiritual intelligence [Kṛṣṇa consciousness] and thus – by spiritual strength – conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust.