Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

kama esa krodha esa rajo-guna-samudbhavah:। mahasano maha-papma viddhy enam iha vairinam॥ 3.37

Sri Bhagavan said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world.

dhumenavriyate vahnir yathadarso malena cha। yatholbenavrto garbhas tatha tenedam avrtam॥ 3.38

As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the living entity is similarly covered by different degrees of this lust.

avrtam jnanam etena jnanino nitya-vairina। kama-rupena kaunteya duspurenanalena cha॥ 3.39

Thus the wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.

indriyani mano buddhir asyadhisthanam ucyate। etair vimohayaty esa jnanam avrtya dehinam॥ 3.40

The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.

tasmat tvam indriyany adau niyamya bharatarsabha। papmanam prajahi hy enam jnana-vijnana-nasanam॥ 3.41

Therefore, O Arjuna, in the very beginning curb this great symbol of sin (lust) by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization.

indriyani parany ahur indriyebhyah param manah:। manasas tu para buddhir yo buddheh paratas tu sah:॥ 3.42

The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence.