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Evam Buddheh Param Buddhva

Gita 3.43 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3 — Karma Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥
Evam buddheh param buddhva samstabhyatmanam atmana
Jahi shatrum Mahabaho kama rupam durasadam
एवम्
thus
बुद्धेः परम्
that which is beyond the intellect
बुद्ध्वा
having known
संस्तभ्य
steadying, making firm
आत्मानम् आत्मना
the self (mind) by the Self (Atman)
जहि
conquer, slay
शत्रुम्
the enemy
महाबाहो
O mighty-armed (Arjuna)
कामरूपम्
in the form of desire
दुरासदम्
difficult to overcome

The chapter ends the way a good commander ends a briefing: with a clear order. Know the Self that stands beyond the intellect. Use that knowledge to steady your mind. And then — conquer the enemy that has been tormenting you from within.

Krishna calls this enemy 'durasadam' — difficult to overcome, but not impossible. The Atman is more powerful than desire. It is more subtle, more enduring, more real. Once you are rooted in that awareness, desire loses its grip. The fire of craving cannot burn what it cannot reach.

This is where Chapter Three arrives after its full journey: from Arjuna's confusion about action and knowledge, through the yajna-cycle, through the examples of Janaka and Krishna himself, through the philosophy of the gunas and the Self — all converging on this final call. Steady yourself. Know who you truly are. And fight.

This is the climactic verse of the entire chapter. Every theme — action, yajna, lokasangraha, detachment, self-knowledge — feeds into this closing instruction: conquer desire through the knowledge of the Self.

Chapter Four, Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga, picks up directly from here, taking the teaching of self-knowledge into even deeper territory.

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